seed

seed

noun

Definition of SEED

1

the source from which something grows or develops <ancient Greece provided the seed for much of Western civilization's political and philosophical thought>

Synonyms fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed

Related Words font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring; beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold; creation, inauguration, origination

2

the descendants of a person, animal, or plant <the famous stallion's seed can be found on racetracks all over the world>

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