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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
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.
Recent Examples of posterity
After mourners left thousands of tributes to the late heavy metal legend on Black Sabbath Bridge in Ozzy’s native Birmingham, England following his death from a heart attack on July 22 at age 76, those flowers and keepsakes have been preserved and cataloged for posterity.
—
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Over the course of his five-Oscar career, Francis Coppola has many times gone back under the hood of even his greatest films like Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, to recut and improve versions for posterity.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 July 2025
As a lecturer at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus, Powers teaches classes on video game history and creature design and spearheads efforts to preserve the best video games for posterity.
—Holly V. Hays, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, Osbourne, 76, encouraged fans to create Ozzy dupes for posterity.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for posterity
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Over the course of his five-Oscar career, Francis Coppola has many times gone back under the hood of even his greatest films like Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, to recut and improve versions for posterity.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 July 2025
As a lecturer at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus, Powers teaches classes on video game history and creature design and spearheads efforts to preserve the best video games for posterity.
—Holly V. Hays, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, Osbourne, 76, encouraged fans to create Ozzy dupes for posterity.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for posterity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for posterity
offspring
Noun
-
But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
-
And the fact that Lucian had so many offspring, Bella told me, can be explained, at least to some extent, by his youthful partners’ intentionality.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Posterity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posterity. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share