DESCENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DESCENT?

Need another word that means the same as “descent”? Find 58 synonyms and 30 related words for “descent” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Descent” are: declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall, ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, filiation, extraction, going down, coming down, slope, incline, dip, drop, gradient, slant, hill, degeneration, degeneracy, deterioration, sinking, slide, regression, retrogression, debasement, degradation, comedown, ancestors, family, inheritance, passing down, passing on, succession, attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray, sortie, sally, storming

Descent as a Noun

Definitions of "Descent" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “descent” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A downward slope or bend.
• A downward slope.
• A sudden violent attack.
• An unexpected visit.
• Properties attributable to your ancestry.
• The transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance.
• A moral, social, or psychological decline.
• The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
• An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.
• The origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
• The act of changing your location in a downward direction.
• The descendants of one individual.
• A movement downward.

Synonyms of "Descent" as a noun (58 Words)

ancestors	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
ancestry	The descendants of one individual. The ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated.
assault	A physical attack. Troops began an assault on the city.
attack	The act of attacking. Attacks on women increased last year.
blood	An internal bodily fluid in invertebates which performs a similar function to blood in humans and other vertebrates. A ritual that fires up his blood.
blood line	People viewed as members of a group.
bloodline	Ancestry of a purebred animal. The herd has British bloodlines going back 200 years.
charge	The price charged for some article or service. The charges against the estate.
comedown	A lessening of the sensations generated by a narcotic drug as its effects wear off. The drug is like speed but without the comedown.
coming down	The temporal property of becoming nearer in time.
debasement	Being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating. The outcome is rot and debasement of the system.
declension	(in the grammar of Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified. The first declension in Latin.
declination	A polite refusal of an invitation. The declination of Arcturus is 19 degrees north.
decline	Change toward something smaller or lower. A serious decline in bird numbers.
declivity	A downward slope or bend. A thickly wooded declivity.
degeneracy	Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. A slide into moral degeneracy.
degeneration	Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form. Degeneration of the muscle fibres.
degradation	A low or downcast state- H.L.Menchken. A trail of human misery and degradation.
deterioration	Process of changing to an inferior state. A deterioration in the condition of the patient.
dip	A thick sauce in which pieces of food are dipped before eating. There was a dip in the road.
downslope	A downward slope or bend.
drive	Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. He threw the car into drive.
drop	An act of dropping supplies or troops by parachute. There is not a drop of pity in that man.
extraction	The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force. Mineral extraction.
fall	A thing which falls or has fallen. In October came the first fall of snow.
family	A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit. Sharks belong to the fish family.
filiation	Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline. Relationships based on ties of filiation as opposed to marriage.
foray	A brief but spirited attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere. My first foray into journalism.
going down	Euphemistic expressions for death.
gradient	The rate of such a change. A five degree gradient.
hill	A naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain. A hill of ruffs looked at from a distance on a sunny day was a very pleasing spectacle.
incline	An inclined surface or plane a slope especially on a road or railway. The road climbs a long incline through a forest.
incursion	The act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers. The incursion of television into the American living room.
inheritance	The action of inheriting. My only inheritance was my mother s blessing.
line	Each of usually five horizontal lines forming a stave in musical notation. Passengers were hit by delays caused by leaves on the line.
line of descent	A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.
lineage	The descendants of one individual. The myeloid lineage.
onslaught	An offensive against an enemy (using weapons. A series of onslaughts on the citadel.
origin	A place where a nerve or blood vessel begins or branches from a main nerve or blood vessel. Mineral origin.
parentage	The descendants of one individual. A boy of Jamaican parentage.
passing down	Euphemistic expressions for death.
passing on	Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
pedigree	The record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred. With a pedigree equal to many of the gentry.
push	An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself. The army made a push toward the sea.
raid	A rapid surprise attack to commit a crime, especially to steal from business premises. An early morning raid on a bank.
regression	A measure of the relation between the mean value of one variable (e.g. output) and corresponding values of other variables (e.g. time and cost). It is easy to blame unrest on economic regression.
retrogression	Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form. A retrogression to 19th century attitudes.
sally	A venture off the beaten path. A sally into the wide world beyond his home.
sinking	A feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension. With a sinking heart.
slant	A sloping position. Cut flower stems on the slant.
slide	A part of a machine or instrument that slides. His slide didn t stop until the bottom of the hill.
sortie	A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position. An early morning sortie into the garden of our hotel.
stemma	A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work.
stock	A portion of a company s stock as held by an individual or group as an investment. He grabbed the cue by the stock.
storming	The sudden forceful attack and capture of a building or other place by troops. The storming of the Bastille.
succession	The action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc. A succession of failures.

Usage Examples of "Descent" as a noun

• The settlers were of Cornish descent.
• The plane had gone into a steep descent.
• A steep, badly eroded descent.
• A descent on the Channel ports.
• The ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism.
• His descents on the manager of any shop he took a fancy to visit.

Associations of "Descent" (30 Words)

below	On a floor below. See below.
beneath	At a lower level or layer. The smile revealed the evil beneath.
declension	Process of changing to an inferior state. The first declension in Latin.
decline	Inflect for number, gender, case, etc. The roof declines here.
declivity	A downward slope. A thickly wooded declivity.
decrease	Decrease in size extent or range. The population of the area has decreased radically.
descend	Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example. The army had descended into chaos.
descending	(of sound) becoming lower in pitch. The categories are listed in descending order of usefulness.
diminish	Make or become less. The trial has aged and diminished him.
down	Downstairs. There are eight trains a day four up and four down.
downturn	A decline in economic, business, or other activity. A downturn in the housing market.
downward	Used to indicate that something applies to everyone in a certain hierarchy or set. The downward course of the stream.
drop	An act of dropping supplies or troops by parachute. A sheer 1 500 foot drop.
fall	An act of falling or collapsing. An English leader who had fallen at the hands of the Danes.
falling	Decreasing in number, amount, intensity, or quality. Falling incomes.
flop	With a flopping sound. The show flopped in London.
grantee	A person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.
lessen	Make smaller. The warmth of the afternoon lessened.
low	Make a low noise characteristic of bovines. Keep the volume very low.
lower	Move something or somebody to a lower position. Lower costs will encourage people to buy.
parachute	Drop from an aircraft by parachute. The former Conservative minister was controversially parachuted into the safe seat.
plummet	A steep and rapid fall or drop. Hardware sales plummeted.
plunge	(of a horse) rear violently. Shares in the company plunged 18p on news that profits had fallen.
rundown	A reduction in the productivity or activities of a company or institution. A rundown in the business would be a devastating blow to the local economy.
settle	Settle conclusively come to terms. If the dispute was not settled it was possible there would be strike action.
sink	Cause to sink. They planned to sink a gold mine in Oklahoma.
slump	A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. The team went into a slump.
spill	An instance of a liquid spilling or being spilt. Some of the wine spilled on to the floor.
submergence	Sinking until covered completely with water. Politicians may be blamed for submergence of principle.
under	Under water. An under secretary.