offspring

offspring

noun

Definition of OFFSPRING

the descendants of a person, animal, or plant <the racehorse's offspring all proved to be very good racers as well> <the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring>

Synonyms fruit, get, issue, posterity, progeny, seed, spawn

Related Words brood, hatch, litter, young; child, scion; family, kin; lineage, stock

Near Antonyms ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor