Synonyms for descendants
de·scen·dants

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1. descendants, posteritynoun

   all of the offspring of a given progenitor

   "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

   Synonyms:
   posterity

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1. descendantsnoun

   Synonyms:
   progeny, posterity, offspring

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1. descendantsnoun

   Synonyms:
   progeny, posterity, offspring

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1. List of paraphrases for "descendants":

   descendents, descendant, progenies, downdrafts, heirs, downshifts, nuclides

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1. Johann Klages:

   To get a better idea of what the climate was like in this warmest phase of the Cretaceous, we first assessed the climatic conditions under which the plants' modern descendants live.

2. Xu Xing:

   Over the last 30 years, there were so many discoveries made that demonstrate birds are really descendants of dinosaurs.

3. Adolf Hitler:

   When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already. … What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.’

4. Judy Garland:

   It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.

5. Nsenga Burton:

   It's poetic justice, the descendants of the people who were pushed out of South Carolina, who had no power, who knew they could go missing if they tried to vote, have returned and they're making South Carolina work for them. South Carolina's been a long time coming.