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descent
Overview of noun descent
The noun descent has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) descent -- (a movement downward)
2. (2) origin, descent, extraction -- (properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins")
3. (1) descent -- (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
4. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation -- (the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors)
5. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope -- (a downward slope or bend)
6. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun descent
6 senses of descent
Sense 1
descent
=> change of location, travel
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
origin, descent, extraction
=> ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
=> inheritance, hereditary pattern
=> heredity, genetic endowment
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
descent
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> slope, incline, side
=> geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
=> genealogy, family tree
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun descent
6 senses of descent
Sense 1
descent
=> drop, fall
=> lightening
=> set
=> shower, cascade
=> sinking
=> slide
Sense 2
origin, descent, extraction
=> full blood
Sense 3
descent
=> abseil
=> jump, parachuting
=> dive, nose dive, nosedive
=> rappel
=> swoop
=> crash dive
=> drop
=> flop, collapse
Sense 4
descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
=> bilateral descent
=> unilateral descent
Sense 5
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> downhill
=> steep
Sense 6
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
=> family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
=> breed
=> side
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun descent
6 senses of descent
Sense 1
descent
=> change of location, travel
Sense 2
origin, descent, extraction
=> ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
Sense 3
descent
=> motion, movement, move
Sense 4
descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
Sense 5
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> slope, incline, side
Sense 6
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
=> genealogy, family tree
Antonyms of noun descent
1 of 6 senses of descent
Sense 5
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
Antonym of ascent (Sense 1)
=>ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
Member Holonyms of noun descent
Substance Holonyms of noun descent
Part Holonyms of noun descent
Member Meronyms of noun descent
Substance Meronyms of noun descent
Part Meronyms of noun descent
Meronyms of noun descent
Holonyms of noun descent
Attributes of noun descent
Derived Forms of noun descent
3 of 6 senses of descent
Sense 1
descent
RELATED TO>(verb) descend#1
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
Sense 4
descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
RELATED TO>(verb) descend#2
=> derive, come, descend
Sense 6
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
RELATED TO>(verb) descend#2
=> derive, come, descend
Domain of noun descent
Domain Terms of noun descent
Familiarity of noun descent
descent used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun descent
6 senses of descent
Sense 1
descent
> change of location, travel
=> ascension
=> circulation
=> creep
=> gravitation
=> levitation
=> descent
=> entrance, entering
=> fall
=> flow, flowing
=> progress, progression, advance
=> rise, rising, ascent, ascension
=> spread, spreading
=> stampede
=> translation
Sense 2
origin, descent, extraction
> ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
=> breed, strain
=> origin, descent, extraction
=> pedigree, bloodline
Sense 3
descent
> motion, movement, move
=> approach, approaching, coming
=> progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
=> locomotion, travel
=> lurch, lunge
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> pursuit, chase, pursual, following
=> rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
=> descent
=> swing, swinging, vacillation
=> return
=> slide, glide, coast
=> slippage
=> flow, stream
=> crawl
=> speed, speeding, hurrying
=> translation, displacement
=> shift, shifting
=> haste, hurry, rush, rushing
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, play
=> migration
Sense 4
descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> affinity, phylogenetic relation
=> descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
=> affinity
=> consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation
=> parentage, birth
=> fatherhood, paternity
=> motherhood, maternity
=> sisterhood, sistership
=> brotherhood
=> marital relationship, marital bed
Sense 5
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
> slope, incline, side
=> ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
=> bank
=> bank, cant, camber
=> canyonside
=> coast
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> escarpment, scarp
=> hillside
=> mountainside, versant
=> ski slope
Sense 6
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
> genealogy, family tree
=> lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
Meronyms of noun descent
6 senses of descent
Sense 6
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
=> genealogy, family tree
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
HAS MEMBER: relative, relation
HAS MEMBER: clansman, clanswoman, clan member
HAS MEMBER: tribesman
Holonyms of noun descent
Grep of noun descent
bilateral descent
descent
line of descent
unilateral descent
Grep of adj descent
candescent
incandescent
iridescent
recrudescent
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