Issue
Issue noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.
Usage example: someone who dies without issue might have their estate turned over to the state
Parent is an antonym for issue in topics: children, distribution, result, point in question, edition of publication.
Parent
Parent noun - A father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The issue never comes up for most of them, but the few times someone turns out to be another character's parent or grandparent, not meeting or hearing about that person's other grandparent and/or parent(s) comes off as a little strange.
Source: Video Game / Fantasy Life - This makes her one of exceedingly few X-characters to have both parents, despite having a standard-issue dead parent origin when we met her!
Source: Conveniently an Orphan - Over the course of the issue, he's sidetracked by various other problems, including a parent-teacher conference, Flash Thompson being a dick, and Gwen Stacy crying in a dumpster.
Source: Shaggy Dog Story / Comic Books
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Parent and Issue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/parent
Issue & Parent. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/parent>.
Parent or Issue. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/parent.
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