Thesaurus results for SCION

scion

noun

Definition of scion

as in descendant

a person born into a family and especially one that is rich, famous, or important He's the scion of a billionaire family.

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Recent Examples of scion The Illinois governor is a philanthropist, businessman, scion to a family hotel chain, venture capitalist, and, oh yes, a billionaire. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2026 Elsewhere, a Kennedy scion fell short, and two longtime incumbents fended off challengers. — Alex Lemonides, New York Times, 24 June 2026 The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country's wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents. — ABC News, 23 June 2026 The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country’s wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents. — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for scion

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Noun

The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
The caskets of his family members sat beneath Khamenei’s, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of descendant

Noun

After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Instead, the system simply makes a bunch of copies to increase the probability that some of them will end up in each of the offspring.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026