Synonyms for descent
dɪˈsɛntde·scent

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1. descentnoun

   Antonyms:
   ascent

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1. 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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1. descentnoun

   a movement downward

   Synonyms:
   declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, fall, bloodline, filiation

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, climb, ascent, acclivity, raise, rise

2. origin, descent, extractionnoun

   properties attributable to your ancestry

   "he comes from good origins"

   Synonyms:
   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, beginning

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, climb, acclivity, raise, rise, ascent

3. descentnoun

   the act of changing your location in a downward direction

   Synonyms:
   declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, fall, bloodline, filiation

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, ascent, climb, acclivity, raise, rise

4. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiationnoun

   the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

   Synonyms:
   declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, derivation, fall, bloodline, filiation, linage

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, climb, raise, rise, ascent, acclivity

5. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslopenoun

   a downward slope or bend

   Synonyms:
   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, capitulation

   Antonyms:
   acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade

6. lineage, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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

   Antonyms:
   climb, acclivity, ascent, upgrade, raise, rise

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Location
   • Lineage
   • Motion

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1. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   fall

2. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   declivity, slope

3. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   extraction, derivation, parentage

4. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, incursion, foray, raid, hostile invasion

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1. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   descension, incursion, raid, foray, derivation, lineage, extraction, parentage, birth, declivity, slope, decline, dismounting, bathos, escarpment, scarp

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1. List of paraphrases for "descent":

   ancestry, filiation, parentage, origin, lineage, progeny, downhill, offspring, alighting, descendant, pedigree, strain, affiliation, raid, ascendancy

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How to use descent in a sentence?

1. Hillary Clinton:

   “The United Nations and the Organization of American States have named 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. This is an opportunity for all of us around the globe to celebrate the diversity of our societies and to honor the contributions that our fellow citizens of African descent make every day to the economic, social and political fabrics of our communities.”

2. Michael Woods:

   I ’m the first Canadian to wear it and I ’m proud of that, on the crash, it’s my fault, I got in front because it was a dangerous descent but my wheel slipped.

3. Michelle Bachelet:

   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.

4. Courtesy José Ralat Ralat:

   I got into it mainly through falling in love with a young lady of Mexican descent from Texas Monthly. And she introduced me to breakfast tacos, and she downright forced me to eat cow tongue. … I was head over heels for both the food and the girl.

5. Germany Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt:

   The French prosecutors' assessment that the plane was deliberately put into descent is equally plausible according to our experts, according to current knowledge we assume that the captain was actively barred from accessing the cockpit.