One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant – offspring or descendants considered as a group.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
progeny (noun)1.
a) - descendants children
b) offspring of animals or plants
2.
- outcome product
3.
a body of followers, disciples, or successors
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
progeny (noun)the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
SYNONYMS:
fruit, get, issue, posterity, progeny, seed, spawnRELATED WORDS:
brood, hatch, litter, young; child, scion; family, kin; lineage, stockNEAR ANTONYMS:
ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear ( forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitorProgeny (Wikipedia)
Progeny may refer to:
- A genetic descendant or offspring
- Progeny Linux Systems, a defunct company which provided Linux platform technology
- Progeny (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis
- "Progeny", a song on the Celtic Frost album Monotheist
- Progeny (film), a 1998 movie about an alien abduction
- "Progeny", a short story from author Philip K. Dick
- The Progeny, a title occasionally used to refer to Sophocles' lost play, the Epigoni
- Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two, a live album box set from band Yes
- "Progeny" (Legends of Tomorrow), an episode of Legends of Tomorrow
Also see:
- Progyny, a company that provides fertility services.
Progeny (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/
- (General American) enPR: prŏj'ə-nē, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑd͡ʒəni/
- Hyphenation: prog‧e‧ny
Noun
progeny (countable and uncountable, plural progenies)
- (uncountable) Offspring or descendants
Progeny, Issue, Scions, Posterity, Inheritors, Continuators, Line, Heritage, Ancestry, Progenitors
