POSTERITIES Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

posterity

noun

pä-ˈster-ə-tē

as in offspring

the descendants of a person, animal, or plant an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson

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Recent Examples of posterity Not missing a beat, Austin even made sure that the couple would have footage of the emotional proposal for posterity, asking friends in the audience to take lots of photos and videos throughout the night. —

Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026 For myriad reasons, certain protestors may not have wanted to explicitly identify themselves for posterity even years after the fact. —

Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026 Unfortunately the crying photos still made it into the family photo album, memorializing the tears for posterity. —

Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025 Winning a Pulitzer doesn’t always please posterity. —

Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for posterity

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offspring

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An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
Colossal’s researchers use it to alter the DNA of living animals so offspring express traits associated with their extinct relatives.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026