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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in line of ancestry |
| Synonyms: | brood, child, children, chip off old block, get*, heir, issue, kin, offshoot, offspring, posterity, product, progeniture, progeny, scion, seed, spin-off |
| Antonyms: | ascendant, predecessor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offshoot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, product |
| Synonyms: | adjunct, appendage, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, limb, outgrowth, spin-off, sprout |
| Antonyms: | origin, source |
| Main Entry: | offspring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child, children |
| Synonyms: | baby, bambino, brood, chip off old block, cub, descendant, family, generation, heir, heredity, issue, kid*, lineage, offshoot, posterity, produce, progeniture, progeny, pup, scion, seed, spawn, succession, successor, young |
| Antonyms: | parent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outgrowth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | product, consequence |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, development, effect, emergence, end, end result, issue, member, offshoot, offspring, outcome, result, spin-off, yield |
| Main Entry: | spin-off |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offshoot |
| Synonyms: | adjunct, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, division, offspring, outgrowth, sequel |
| Main Entry: | successor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heir |
| Synonyms: | beneficiary, descendant, follower, heritor, inheritor, next in line, replacement, scion |
| Main Entry: | son |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male child |
| Synonyms: | boy, dependent, descendant, heir, junior, offspring, scion |
| Main Entry: | son |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offspring |
| Synonyms: | ben, boy, child, descendant, disciple, fils, heir, lad, male, native, relative, sibling |
| Antonyms: | daughter |
| Main Entry: | spinoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derivative |
| Synonyms: | by-product, byproduct, derivation, descendant, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off, wave |
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