posterity

posterity is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham.
2. noun. Succeeding generations; future times.
3. noun. all future generations
4. noun. all of the offspring of a given progenitor

   "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

   Synonyms: descendants

Synonyms

descendants

Common word forms

posterities

Words from these letters

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