Posterity

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Succeeding generations; future times.

Compare posterity with other words:

descendent vs. posterity

posterior vs. posterity

lush vs. posterity

ancestry vs. posterity

descendant vs. posterity

posterity vs. specific

future vs. posterity

generation vs. posterity

posterity vs. progeny

offspring vs. posterity

brood vs. posterity