- Types Of Speech
- You can use descent as a noun in a sentence.
- About Descent
- A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters c, d, e, n, s, and t, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter c. Descent starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, des, desc, desce, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, cent, scent, ..
- Definition
- The act of changing your location in a downward direction
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, descent has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are des, and cent.
- School Grade
- Descent is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is descent a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Descent in Pig Latin is said as "escentday or escentdway".
- Unigram
- d | e | s | c | e | n | t
- Bigram
- de | es | sc | ce | en | nt
- Trigram
- des | esc | sce | cen | ent
- Quadrigram
- desc | esce | scen | cent
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- properties attributable to your ancestry;
"he comes from good origins" - a movement downward
- the descendants of one individual;
"his entire lineage has been warriors" - a downward slope or bend
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| About Face | |
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
| Advancement | gradual improvement or growth or development "advancement of knowledge" "great progress in the arts" |
| Affiliation | the act of becoming formally connected or joined "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university" |
| Air | travel via aircraft "air travel involves too much waiting in airports" "if you''ve time to spare go by air" |
| Ancestry | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| Angular Motion | |
| Apparentation | |
| Arm | the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person |
| Array | an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics |
View all cognitive synonyms for Descent
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Descent | the act of changing your location in a downward direction |
| Scented | having a natural fragrance "odoriferous spices" "the odorous air of the orchard" "the perfumed air of June" "scented flowers" |
View English words with the unique letters used in descent. Words With The Letters Cdenst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Motion | the act of changing location from one place to another "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" |
| Move | the act of deciding to do something "he didn''t make a move to help" "his first move was to hire a lawyer" |
| Movement | the act of changing location from one place to another "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" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abseil | a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point |
| Collapse | the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" |
| Crash Dive | |
| Dive | a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft |
| Drop | the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful" |
| Flop | the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" |
| Jump | the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" |
| Nose Dive | |
| Parachuting | descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" |
| Swoop | a swift descent through the air |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descent (7 letters) | 10 | 12 | descent | ||
| Descant (7 letters) | 10 | 12 | descant | ||
| Ascendant (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 15 +3 | ascendant | ||
| Ascendent (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 15 +3 | ascendent | ||
| Scented (7 letters) | 10 | 12 | descent | ||
| Scandent (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 14 +2 | scandent | ||
| Encysted (8 letters) | 14 +4 | 15 +3 | encysted |
Descent Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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