Synonyms for descent
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Ancestry
ancestry, lineage, parentage, blood, origin, pedigree, birth, bloodline, nationality, line, succession, genealogy, derivation, filiation, stock, stemma
2. Fall
fall, decline, slope, downhill, declension, incline, drop, downslope, degradation, downfall, deterioration, decadence, swoop, declination, stoop, declivity, degeneration, degeneracy, descend dated
Other
extraction, attack, invasion, descension dated
Definitions
- n. 1
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
- n. 2
A way down.
We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
Related words
- Word family
- descend
- Phrases
- matrilineal descent patrilineal descent
Forms
- Plural
- descents → ancestries, lineages, parentages, bloods…
Example sentences
- origin How many people of Algerian origin live in France?
- ancestry She claims she has absolutely no Berber ancestry.
- lineage The young rabbi often brags about his lineage.
- parentage His parentage was unknown to us.
- slope The sled accelerated as it went down the icy slope.
- downhill It's usually faster to walk downhill than uphill.
By length
- 4 letters
- line1, fall1, drop1
- 5 letters
- blood1, stock1, birth1, slope1, swoop1, stoop1
- 6 letters
- attack2, origin3, stemma
- 7 letters
- decline2, lineage3, descend2, incline2
- 8 letters
- invasion3, downhill2, ancestry3, downfall2, pedigree3
- 9 letters
- genealogy5, bloodline2, decadence3, parentage3, downslope, filiation, declivity
- 10 letters
- succession3, extraction3, derivation4, degeneracy5, declension3, descension
- 11 letters
- nationality5, degradation4, declination
- 12 letters
- degeneration5
- 13 letters
- deterioration6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (attack2 = 2 syllables).