Synonyms & related words for descendants

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of descendants. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to descendants

Explore words related to descendants — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include posterity, progeny, ancestors, patrilineage, progenitors, lineage, forefather, ancestry. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does descendants come from?

The word descendants breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root scend-, from Latin scando (“climb”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.