| Main Entry: | scion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offshoot, descendant |
Synonyms: |
begotten, branch, brood, child, chip off old block, graft, heir, heiress, issue, junior, offspring, progeny, seed, shoot, slip, sprout, successor, twig |
Antonyms: |
cause, root, source |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, limb |
Synonyms: |
bough, branchlet, bug, detour, divergence, extension, fork, growth, offshoot, prong, scion, shoot, spray, sprig, wing |
| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of children |
Synonyms: |
begats, breed, chicks, clutch, descendants, family, flock, hatch, infants, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, young |
Antonyms: |
child |
| Main Entry: | descendant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in line of ancestry |
Synonyms: |
brood, child, children, chip off old block, get*, heir, issue, kin, offshoot, offspring, posterity, product, progeniture, progeny, scion, seed, spin-off |
Antonyms: |
ascendant, predecessor |
| Main Entry: | graft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transplant |
Synonyms: |
bud*, hybridization, implant, jointure, scion, shoot, slip, splice, sprout, union |
| Notes: | a graft is one thing attached to another by insertion or implantation so it becomes part of it; a splice is the joining of two things end-to-end to make a new whole |
| Main Entry: | heir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who inherits possessions |
Synonyms: |
beneficiary, crown prince/princess, devisee, grantee, heritor, inheritor, next in line, scion, successor |
Antonyms: |
heiress |
| Main Entry: | issue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | children |
Synonyms: |
brood, descendants, get, heirs, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed |
Antonyms: |
parent |
| Main Entry: | offspring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child, children |
Synonyms: |
baby, bambino, brood, chip off old block, cub, descendant, family, generation, heir, heredity, issue, kid*, lineage, offshoot, posterity, produce, progeniture, progeny, pup, scion, seed, spawn, succession, successor, young |
Antonyms: |
parent |
| Main Entry: | posterity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | future generations |
Synonyms: |
breed, brood, children, descendants, family, heirs, issue, lineage, next generation, offspring, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, stock, succeeding generations, successors, unborn |
Antonyms: |
past |
| Main Entry: | progeny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offspring |
Synonyms: |
begats, breed, children, descendants, family, get*, issue, kids, lineage, posterity, progeniture, race, scions, seed, stock, young |
Antonyms: |
parent |