descendents
Those who follow
Descendents is a common misspelling of descendants—the people, animals, or things that descend from an earlier source.
A person's descendants are their children, grandchildren, and so on through generations: Her descendants still live in the valley.
The word extends to anything derived from a predecessor: Modern smartphones are descendants of early handheld computers.
Biological descendants produced
- heirsThose who inherit
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- posterityFuture generations collectively
grandchildren · great-grandchildren · bloodline · ancestry · family tree · inheritance · generations · succession
Biological descendants produced
- spawnAquatic eggs or generate
- youngNot yet mature
- broodHatchlings as a group
- progenyOne's biological descendants
reproduction · genetics · DNA · heredity · traits · evolution · species · adaptation
What's passed down
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- successorsThose who follow after
- followersPeople who support someone
inheritors · diaspora · community · customs · practices · ancestral knowledge · oral history · rituals
Things branching from source
- derivativesThings derived from another
- successorsThose who follow after
- spinoffsDerived subsidiary creations
- variationsModified versions of something
iterations · evolutions · branches · developments · adaptations · versions · outgrowths · products
offspring
Biological descendants produced
posterity · grandchildren · great-grandchildren · bloodline · ancestry · family tree · inheritance · generations · succession · dynasty
offspring
Biological descendants produced
progeny · reproduction · genetics · DNA · heredity · traits · evolution · species · adaptation · natural selection
legacy
What's passed down
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- successorsThose who follow after
followers · inheritors · diaspora · community · customs · practices · ancestral knowledge · oral history · rituals · preservation
offshoots
Things branching from source
- derivativesThings derived from another
- successorsThose who follow after
- spinoffsDerived subsidiary creations
variations · iterations · evolutions · branches · developments · adaptations · versions · outgrowths · products · results
descendentsancestors
Those from whom one descends
forebears · progenitors · forefathers · antecedents · predecessors
descendentspredecessors
Those coming before another
antecedents · precursors · forerunners · originators · progenitors