Dictionary Definition
progeny n : the immediate descendants of a
person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without
issue" [syn: offspring, issue]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- offspring or
descendants.
- I treasure this 5 generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
- result of a creative effort
- His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.''
Translations
offspring
- Czech: potomstvo
- Finnish: jälkeläiset p, jälkikasvu
- Russian: потомство
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Progeny can refer to:
- A genetic descendant or offspring
- An academic progeny (see student)
- Progeny Linux Systems
- Progeny (Stargate Atlantis) - an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis
- Progeny - a song on the Celtic Frost album Monotheist
- Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse - a song by Dimmu Borgir
- Progeny (movie), a 1998 movie about an alien abduction
- Progeny, a book from author Philip K. Dick
- The Progeny, an ancient Greek tragedy written by the Greek playwright Sophocles
progeny in French: Progeny
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
breed,
brood, children, descendants, descent, family, fruit, fry, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, heirs, hostages to fortune,
inheritors, issue, kids, lineage, little ones, new
generation, offspring,
posterity, progeniture, rising
generation, scions,
seed, sons, spawn, sprouts, succession, successors, treasures, young, younglings, youngsters