What are some opposite words for descent?
Antonyms for descent
dɪˈsɛntde·scent
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Wiktionary
descentnoun
Antonyms:
ascent
English Synonyms and Antonyms
descent
Kind is broader than kin, denoting the most general relationship, as of the whole human species in mankind, humankind, etc.; kin and kindred denote direct relationship that can be traced through either blood or marriage, preferably the former; either of these words may signify collectively all persons of the same blood or members of the same family, relatives or relations. Affinity is relationship by marriage, consanguinity is relationship by blood. There are no true antonyms of kin or kindred, except those made by negatives, since strangers, aliens, foreigners, and foes may still be kin or kindred.
Synonyms:
affinity, alliance, birth, blood, consanguinity, family, kin, kind, kindred, race, relationship
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Princeton's WordNet
descentnoun
a movement downward
Antonyms:
upgrade, climb, ascent, acclivity, raise, riseSynonyms:
declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, fall, bloodline, filiationorigin, descent, extractionnoun
properties attributable to your ancestry
"he comes from good origins"
Antonyms:
upgrade, climb, acclivity, raise, rise, ascentSynonyms:
fall, rootage, parentage, declination, lineage, downslope, root, declension, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declivity, origin, inception, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, source, bloodline, origination, filiation, beginningdescentnoun
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Antonyms:
upgrade, ascent, climb, acclivity, raise, riseSynonyms:
declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, fall, bloodline, filiationdescent, line of descent, lineage, filiationnoun
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Antonyms:
upgrade, climb, raise, rise, ascent, acclivitySynonyms:
declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, derivation, fall, bloodline, filiation, linagedescent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslopenoun
a downward slope or bend
Antonyms:
acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgradeSynonyms:
extraction, pin, stemma, crepuscule, parentage, dip, pedigree, gloam, bloodline, twilight, diminution, decline in quality, dec, spill, gloaming, downslope, tumble, regrets, declivity, decay, decline, surrender, worsening, declination, lineage, fall, filiation, autumn, stock, deterioration, evenfall, origin, celestial latitude, line, line of descent, downfall, declension, drop, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, ancestry, blood, blood line, capitulationlineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stocknoun
the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
Antonyms:
climb, acclivity, ascent, upgrade, raise, riseSynonyms:
personal credit line, inception, cable, business, billet, stemma, origination, rakehell, store, beginning, ancestry, filiation, roue, agate line, lineage, crinkle, stock, telephone circuit, declivity, farm animal, linage, seam, inventory, bloodline, root, course, crease, melodic line, air, channel, short letter, production line, job, occupation, assembly line, parenthood, contrast, downslope, gillyflower, birth, product line, livestock, line of work, blood, bank line, line of merchandise, personal line of credit, rake, melody, decline, derivation, strain, neckcloth, dividing line, rootage, transmission line, breed, ocellus, gunstock, line of descent, argumentation, profligate, logical argument, phone line, furrow, rail line, parentage, wrinkle, blood line, melodic phrase, fund, rip, line of business, pedigree, extraction, declination, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, demarcation, subscriber line, line of products, origin, stock certificate, fall, communication channel, caudex, telephone line, credit line, declension, source, broth, line of reasoning, tune, note, simple eye, argument
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
descentnoun
Synonyms:
descension, incursion, raid, foray, derivation, lineage, extraction, parentage, birth, declivity, slope, decline, dismounting, bathos, escarpment, scarp
How to use descent in a sentence?
I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
Our partners assessed the situation early in the morning and there was no danger, if they had doubts, they certainly would not have opened the descent to the valley.
The descent to Hades is the same from every place.
The data tells us of a devastating impact from Covid-19 on people of African descent, as well as ethnic minorities in some countries, including Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, in many other places, we expect similar patterns are occurring, but we are unable to say for sure given that data by race and ethnicity is simply not being collected or reported.
The gates of hell are open, night and day; smooth the descent, and easy the way.
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