descendants

variants also descendents
plural of descendant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendants
Noun
  • Cook is not expected to step down imminently, but Apple is reportedly considering potential successors.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Several successors aiming for a similar cocktail of horror and comedy have paid tribute to the Bride, from Young Frankenstein (1974) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) to Bride of Chucky (1998) and a run of DC Comics (and James Gunn's accompanying Creature Commandos series).
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The team then examined how the virus affected the males’ reproductive system and whether those changes could influence their offspring.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Her organization trains advisers, offers consulting services, and develops tools to help families prepare the next generations for wealth by openly discussing values and helping offspring define their own futures.
    Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Obesity tripled in children and doubled in adults between the mid-1970s and the early 2000s.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His other two children are out of high school.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The main characters—Arthur, Benjamin, Edward, and Anne—were real-life scions of the famous beer empire.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Disingenuous advertising can lure in claimants with questionable or exaggerated claims, flooding the courts with frivolous cases.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Detroit Free Press put together a list of questions and answers that might help claimants to understand what their case status is and what to do next.
    Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Descendants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendants. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on descendants

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!