descent - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of changing your location in a downward direction

Synonyms

• descent

More generic

• motion
• move
• movement

More specific

• abseil
• collapse
• crash dive
• dive
• drop
• flop
• jump
• nose dive
• nosedive
• parachuting
• rappel
• swoop

Noun

properties attributable to your ancestry

Synonyms

• descent
• extraction
• origin

More generic

• ancestry
• derivation
• filiation
• lineage

More specific

• full blood

Noun

a movement downward

Synonyms

• descent

More generic

• change of location
• travel

More specific

• cascade
• drop
• fall
• lightening
• set
• shower
• sinking
• slide

Noun

the descendants of one individual

Synonyms

• ancestry
• blood
• blood line
• bloodline
• descent
• line
• line of descent
• lineage
• origin
• parentage
• pedigree
• stemma
• stock

More generic

• family tree
• genealogy

More specific

• family
• family line
• folk
• kinfolk
• kinsfolk
• phratry
• sept
• side

Noun

a downward slope or bend

Synonyms

• declension
• declination
• decline
• declivity
• descent
• downslope
• fall

More generic

• incline
• side
• slope

Opposite / Antonyms

• ascent

More specific

• downhill
• steep

Noun

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Synonyms

• descent
• filiation
• line of descent
• lineage

More generic

• family relationship
• kinship
• relationship

More specific

• bilateral descent
• unilateral descent

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