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offspring

noun

1 offspring

The immediate descendants of a person:
— She was the mother of many offspring.

synonyms: issue, progeny.

Roget 154: effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end ... show more

Roget 167: posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat; family, grandchildren, ... show more

Dutch: nakomeling, nageslacht, nakomelingschap, nakroost
Polish: dzieci, potomstwo, progenitura, przychówek

2 offspring

Something that comes into existence as a result:
— Industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring.

synonyms: materialisation, materialization.

3 offspring

Any immature animal.

synonym: young.

Dutch: kind, nakomeling, jong, jonkie, kleintje


Moby thesaurus: aftermath, artifact, bairn, brainchild, breed, brood, by-product, cherub, child, children, chit, coinage, composition, conclusion, concoction, consequence, consequent, corollary, creation, creature ... show more.

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