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Synonyms for progeny

Most common

offspring lineage child posterity

All synonyms

Noun

1. Offspring — offspring or descendants considered as a group

offspring, lineage, child, posterity, brood, issue, descendant US, descendent UK, breed, young, binary clone, get, seed dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Offspring or descendants considered as a group.

    I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.

Related words

Word family
progenitive progenitor

Forms

Plural
progenies → lineages, children, posterities, broods…

Example sentences

  • offspring They attempt to instill French in their offspring.
  • lineage The young rabbi often brags about his lineage.
  • brood A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding.
  • posterity Here, your sentence is now consigned to posterity!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
progenyfalling
offspringrising
lineagerising
broodfalling
posteritysteady

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

By length

3 letters
get1
4 letters
seed1
5 letters
young1, child1, issue2, breed1, brood1
7 letters
lineage3
9 letters
offspring2, posterity4
10 letters
descendant3, descendent3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).