offspring
[noun]
Synonyms:
- child, descendant, heir, scion, successor
- children, brood, descendants, family, heirs, issue, progeny, young

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Antonyms: ancestors
Contrasted words: antecedents, ascendants, forebears, forefathers, progenitors
Related Words: hatch, swarm, produce, spawn, young

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

off‧spring /ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ $ ˈɒːf-/ noun (plural offspring) [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: ofspring, from of 'off' + springan 'to move suddenly']

1. someone’s child or children – often used humorously:
a young mother trying to control her offspring

2. an animal’s baby or babies Synonym : young:
a lion and its offspring

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲