offshoot
Branching from main
An offshoot is something that branches off from a main source.
A plant sends out offshoots from its stem or roots.
Organizations spawn offshoots: The splinter group was an offshoot of the original movement.
Ideas, styles, and technologies produce offshoots too: Jazz has countless offshoots.
The word emphasizes origin and derivation—the offshoot comes from something larger or earlier.
Division or woody limb
bud · runner · tendril · graft · cutting · propagation · rooting · node
Licensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- extensionAdded part or duration
expansion · continuation · adaptation · spinout · venture · startup · enterprise · subdivision
Thin sharp fragment
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- branchDivision or woody limb
- movementChange in position
- groupAssembled collection of things
schism · breakaway · division · wing · chapter · cell · caucus · subgroup
One who receives legacy
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- scionHeir of prominence
- successorOne who replaces another
lineage · bloodline · dynasty · posterity · genealogy · heritage · ancestry · kin
What follows a cause
- outcomeFinal result of events
- effectResult of a cause
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
- ramificationSecondary consequence of action
outgrowth · product · aftermath · corollary · repercussion · development · fallout · sequel
A distinct form
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- modificationAct of altering something
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
form · type · strain · edition · branch · fork · variation · derivation
branch
Division or woody limb
twig · bud · runner · tendril · graft · cutting · propagation · rooting · node · stem
franchise
Licensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
extension · expansion · continuation · adaptation · spinout · venture · startup · enterprise · subdivision · affiliate
splinter
Thin sharp fragment
group · schism · breakaway · division · wing · chapter · cell · caucus · subgroup · denomination
heir
One who receives legacy
successor · lineage · bloodline · dynasty · posterity · genealogy · heritage · ancestry · kin · issue
result
What follows a cause
ramification · outgrowth · product · aftermath · corollary · repercussion · development · fallout · sequel · issue
version
A distinct form
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- modificationAct of altering something
adaptation · form · type · strain · edition · branch · fork · variation · derivation · subtype
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- plant partsleaf, stem, root, leaves, flower
- Spinoffsbackdoor pilot, derivative, sequel series, prequel series, Frasier
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream
- branchesbough, limb, twig, sprig, branchlet
- variationsvariation, variant, modification, alternate, derivative