offspring

The young produced by an animal or plant, or the children born to a person.

• The bird feeds its offspring.
• These plants produce offspring with red flowers.
• Both parents protect their offspring from danger.

Similar words: young, progeny

Opposites: parents

Common phrases: produce offspring, healthy offspring, protect offspring

A person’s son or daughter.

• He was proud of his offspring.
• Their only offspring now lives abroad.
• Her offspring inherited her love of music.

Similar words: child, son or daughter

Opposites: parent

Common phrases: someone’s offspring, adult offspring, only offspring

All the people in later generations of a family who come from a particular person.

• His offspring spread across the continent over several generations.
• The family record names her offspring for three centuries.
• Their distant offspring still carry the same family name.

How to use it: offspring of someone (They claimed to be the offspring of an ancient king.)

Similar words: descendants, progeny

Opposites: ancestors

Common phrases: future offspring, distant offspring, offspring of someone