Word Type

Noun

The word "descent" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

ascent ascent

Derived Terms

bilateral descent descent group descent vehicle double descent gradient descent graduate student descent hyperdescent hypodescent identical by descent infinite descent maldescent matrilineal descent minimum descent altitude patrilineal descent recursive descent redescent

Context

topology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ancestry change of location derivation family relationship family tree filiation genealogy incline kinship lineage motion move movement relationship side slope travel

Type Of (IsA)

change of location kinship motion slope television episode

Related Terms

descend

Related Terms

condition decline derivation descend descending down drop extension gluing hereditary incline lineage lower passage sloping status way

Synonym Network

lineage origin

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