Thesaurus results for SCION

scion

noun

Definition of scion

as in descendant

a person born into a family and especially one that is rich, famous, or important He's the scion of a billionaire family.

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Recent Examples of scion The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country’s wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents. — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Sadeq, a 45-year-old whose clerical salt-and-pepper beard and calming mien manifested his upbringing as the son of Nabatieh’s imam and a scion of the city, spoke of the need for Lebanon’s Shiites to formulate a way beyond the conflicts that have marked their history. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026 In another sign of real estate ebullience, the scion of Emirati property tycoon Hussain Sajwani is finalizing the purchase of one of London’s most expensive homes, the Financial Times reported. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 25 June 2026 Visit a Museum of Rare Trees … The Folly Tree Arboretum in Springs is an outdoor museum of 250-plus rare trees curated by artist Tucker Marder, a scion of a local landscaping family. — Lucy Boyle, Curbed, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for scion

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Noun

The caskets of his family members sat beneath Khamenei’s, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
In a sit-down interview with ABC News' Senior National Correspondent Steve Osunsami, Banks met Salvatore Pace, one of his white cousins who is a Jefferson Randolph Coolidge descendant, for the first time.

— Briana Stewart, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of descendant

Noun

After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Instead, the system simply makes a bunch of copies to increase the probability that some of them will end up in each of the offspring.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026