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descendants

Divide descendants into syllables:

de · scen · dants

How to pronounce descendants:

Synonyms for descendants:

assignees
beneficiaries
biological group
child
children
claimants
co-heiresses
co-heirs
coheirs
daughter
descendant
descendent
heir
heiresses
heirs
inheritor
inheritors
issue
issues
offspring
offsprings
posterity
progenies
progeny
scion
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Antonyms for descendants:

ancestors
antecedents
antecessors
ascendants
fathers
forbears
fore-elders
forebearers
forebears
forefathers
foremothers
forerunners
founders
grandfathers
mothers
parents
predecessors
primogenitor
primogenitors
progenitors
sires
tupunas

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