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Synonyms for extraction

Most common

descent origin lineage birth

All synonyms

Noun

1. Descent — A person's origin or ancestry

descent, origin, lineage, birth, genealogy, parentage, race, strain, pedigree, breed, ancestry, bloodline

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person's origin or ancestry.

Related words

Phrases
buccal fat extraction

Forms

Plural
extractions → descents, origins, lineages, births…

Example sentences

  • reduction A further reduction would make us go into the red.
  • removal Early removal of the placenta is very dangerous.
  • extract Algeria needs to use solar energy to extract water.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
extractionfalling
reductionfalling
removalfalling
extractsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
race1
5 letters
birth1, breed1
6 letters
origin3, strain1
7 letters
removal3, extract2, descent2, lineage3
8 letters
ancestry3, pedigree3
9 letters
reduction3, genealogy5, bloodline2, parentage3, decrement

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (origin3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
extraction
Italiano
estrazione
Deutsch
Extraktion