| NOUN | person | offspring, progeny, issue | the immediate descendants of a person |
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| event | offspring, materialization, materialisation | something that comes into existence as a result | |
| animal | offspring, young | any immature animal |
| Sounds | ao'fsprih.ng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The immediate descendants of a person. | |
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| Example | "she was the mother of many offspring" | |
| Synonyms | progeny, issue | |
| Narrower | baby | The youngest member of a group (not necessarily young) |
| bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson | The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | |
| child, kid | A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age | |
| firstborn, eldest | The offspring who came first in the order of birth | |
| grandchild | A child of your son or daughter | |
| successor, heir | A person who inherits some title or office | |
| Broader | relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
| Spanish | descendencia, descendiente, vástago | |
| Catalan | descendent, plançó, progènie | |
| Adjectives | filial | designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation |
| Meaning | Something that comes into existence as a result. | |
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| Example | "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring" | |
| Synonyms | materialization, materialisation | |
| Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
| Meaning | Any immature animal. | |
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| Synonym | young | |
| Narrower | hatchling | Any recently hatched animal (especially birds) |
| orphan | A young animal without a mother | |
| spat | A young oyster or other bivalve | |
| young bird | A bird that is still young | |
| young fish | A fish that is young | |
| young mammal | Any immature mammal | |
| Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
| Spanish | cría, vástago | |
| Catalan | cria, petit | |
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