Offshoot and Predecessor

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Offshoot noun - A branch of a main stem especially of a plant.

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Predecessor is an antonym for offshoot.

Predecessor noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.

Usage example: the once-ubiquitous typewriter was the predecessor of today's electronic keyboard

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Offshoot is an antonym for predecessor.

human	human offshoot	human predecessor
similar	similar offshoot	similar predecessor
direct	direct offshoot	direct predecessor
original	original offshoot	original predecessor
Other adjectives: extreme, distant, famous, early, former, short-lived, fictional, comic.

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