descendant

¹de·scen·dant

adj \di-ˈsen-dənt\

Definition of DESCENDANT

1

: moving or directed downward

2

: proceeding from an ancestor or source

Variants of DESCENDANT

de·scen·dant also de·scen·dent \di-ˈsen-dənt\

Examples of DESCENDANT

1. <the descendant branches of a weeping willow>

Origin of DESCENDANT

Middle English dessendaunte, from Anglo-French descendant, from Latin descendent-, descendens, present participle of descendere

First Known Use: circa 1555

Related to DESCENDANT

Synonyms: bowed, bowing, declined, declining, nodding (also descendent), descending, drooping, droopy, hanging, hung, inclining, pendulous, sagging, stooping, weeping

Antonyms: unbending, upright

Related Words: floppy, limp; dangling, falling, pendent (or pendant), suspended; dipping, sinking, slumping

Near Antonyms: erect, inflexible, rigid, stiff; elevated, raised, upraised

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Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, fecund, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate

Rhymes with DESCENDANT

appendant, ascendant, attendant, defendant, dependent, impendent, intendant, transcendent