English Explanatory Dictionary

offspring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
  2. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
  3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
  4. Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
  5. A process launched by another process.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-offspring.wav /ˈɔfspɹɪŋ/ /ˈɑfspɹɪŋ/ äfʹsprĭng

Word forms

offspring offsprings

Etymology

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

Synonyms

baby babies child children fruit of one's loins issue get kid kids binary clone descendants lineage progeny seed

Antonyms

genitor parent progenitor father mother ancestors forbear forebear forefather

Derived words

donor offspring grandoffspring large offspring syndrome offspringless parent-offspring conflict
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