descent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a movement downward
Types & categories
- change of location hypernym
- drop hyponym
- lightening hyponym
- set hyponym
- cascade hyponym
- sinking hyponym
- slide hyponym
Related & opposite
- come down derivation
Sense 2 noun
properties attributable to your ancestry
he comes from good origins
Types & categories
- ancestry hypernym
- full blood hyponym
Sense 3 noun
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
- parachuting hyponym
- nose dive hyponym
- rappel hyponym
- swoop hyponym
- crash dive hyponym
- drop hyponym
- collapse hyponym
Sense 4 noun
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Types & categories
- family relationship hypernym
- bilateral descent hyponym
- unilateral descent hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a downward slope or bend
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
the descendants of one individual
his entire lineage has been warriors
Types & categories
- genealogy hypernym
- family line hyponym
- side hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | come down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of location |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lightening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | set |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cascade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sinking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slide |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ancestry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | full blood |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | parachuting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nose dive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rappel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | swoop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crash dive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | collapse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | filiate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | descend |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | family relationship |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bilateral descent |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unilateral descent |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | ascent |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | decline |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | downhill |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | incline |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | downhill |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | steep |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | parent |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | descend |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lineal |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | genealogy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | family line |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | side |