'Posterity' definitions:
Definition of 'posterity'
(from WordNet)
noun
All of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity" [syn: descendants, posterity]
noun
All future generations
Definition of 'Posterity'
From: GCIDE
- Posterity \Pos*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. posteritas: cf. F. post['e]rit['e]. See Posterior.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Succeeding generations; future times. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. --Smalridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'posterity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aftermath,
- agnate,
- ancestry,
- backup man,
- blood,
- blood relation,
- blood relative,
- brood,
- children,
- clansman,
- cognate,
- collateral,
- collateral relative,
- conclusion,
- connections,
- consanguinean,
- consequence,
- descendant,
- descendants,
- distaff side,
- distant relation,
- dynasty,
- effect,
- enate,
- family,
- flesh,
- flesh and blood,
- folks,
- german,
- heir,
- heirs,
- inheritor,
- issue,
- kin,
- kindred,
- kinfolk,
- kinnery,
- kinsfolk,
- kinsman,
- kinsmen,
- kinswoman,
- kith and kin,
- line,
- lineage,
- near relation,
- next of kin,
- offspring,
- people,
- progeniture,
- progeny,
- relations,
- relatives,
- replacement,
- seed,
- sequel,
- sib,
- sibling,
- spear kin,
- spear side,
- spindle kin,
- spindle side,
- successor,
- successors,
- sword side,
- tribesman,
- uterine kin