Entry Word: offspring

Function: noun

Meaning: 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 issue, posterity, progeny, seed, spawn

Related Words brood, hatch, litter, young; child, scion (also cion)

Near Antonyms ancestor, antecedent, forebear (also forbear), forefather, parent