Synonyms: descent
Definition: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Similar words: motion, move, movement
Definition: the act of changing location from one place to another
Usage: police controlled the motion of the crowd; the movement of people from the farms to the cities; his move put him directly in my path
Synonyms: extraction, origin, descent
Definition: properties attributable to your ancestry
Usage: he comes from good origins
Similar words: filiation, lineage, derivation, ancestry
Definition: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Synonyms: descent
Definition: a movement downward
Similar words: change of location, travel
Definition: a movement through space that changes the location of something
Synonyms: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock
Definition: the descendants of one individual
Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors
Similar words: family tree, genealogy
Definition: successive generations of kin
Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
Definition: a downward slope or bend
Similar words: slope, side, incline
Definition: an elevated geological formation
Usage: he climbed the steep slope; the house was built on the side of a mountain
Synonyms: line of descent, lineage, descent, filiation
Definition: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Similar words: relationship, family relationship, kinship
Definition: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption