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The opposite of the noun descendant (offspring) would be ancestor or forebear.
The opposite of the adjective descendant is ascendant.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe opposite could be ascended, or climbed.
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∙ 9y agoAncestors is the opposite of descendants. Descendants are your kids, grandkids, etc. and your ancestors are your parents, grandparents, etc.
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∙ 11y agoThe opposite is "ascend" (travel upward).
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What is the opposite for the word ascended?
descended
Why is Jesus said to have descended from Joseph?
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What is the opposite word of cousin?
"Cousin" describes a family relationship in which two people are descended from the same ancestor, other than from a parent. There is no precise "opposite" to Cousin the way "night" is the opposite of "day", but many people have used "cousin" indescriminately to describe anyone who is not a parent, grandparent, child, or sibling, but who is related to them. In that general sense, then, the opposite of "cousin" would be "unrelated." There really is no opposite word; the opposite of a paternal cousin is a maternal cousin.
What are meerkats descended from?
A meerkat is descended from a mongoose.
How do you use descended in sentence?
He descended the staircase slowly and carefully.
What animals descended from the dodo bird?
your mom descended from dodo birds
How would you use the word descended in a sentence?
She descended down the dark staircase.
Who is a person from whom one is descended?
You are descended from ancestors.
Is descended an adverb?
"Descended" is not an adverb; it is a verb that describes the action of moving or coming down from a higher to a lower place. An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb to provide more information about the manner, place, time, or degree of the action or state being described.
What is the opposite of pig?
There is no opposite of a pig. A pig is a general term for the animal that is an even-toed ungulate descended from the wild boar Sus scrofa with a large head, broad, flat snout, and an almost-hairless stout body.However, in North America, a pig is known as a young pig or a piglet, and thus the "opposite" of a pig would be a hog, which is a North American term for an adult, mature pig.
Where are Romania's people descended from?
Romania's people descended from Thracian tribes of Dacians and Getaes.
If you are Hispanic what is your ethninticity?
Someone who is Hispanic is a member of a broad cultural grouping, not a partiicular race. Hispanics may be Caucasian (descended from Europeans), Black (descended from African slaves), Indian (descended from Native Americans) or Mestizo (descended from a mixture of the above).
