OFFSPRING

young, offspring

(noun) any immature animal

offspring, materialization, materialisation

(noun) something that comes into existence as a result; “industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution’s various socialistic offspring”; “this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts”

offspring, progeny, issue

(noun) the immediate descendants of a person; “she was the mother of many offspring”; “he died without issue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

offspring (plural offspring or offsprings)

A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.

All of a person's descendants, including further generations.

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.

(computing) A process launched by another process.

Usage notes

• The plural offsprings is mainly used for the computing sense.

Synonyms

• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): baby/babies, child/children, fruit of one's loins, issue (plural only), get, kid/kids

• (all descendants): binary clone, descendants, fruit of one's loins, get, lineage, progeny, seed

Antonyms

• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): genitor (rare), parent, progenitor, father (male), mother (female)

• (descendants): ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathers

Source: Wiktionary

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Off"spring`, n.sing. & pl. Etym: [Off + spring.]

1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]

2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock. To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known. Dryden.

3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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