Thesaurus results for SCION

scion

noun

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 Tisch, a scion of a powerful New York family that founded the Loews Corporation, has acknowledged knowing Epstein but denied ever going to his infamous Caribbean island. —

Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026 He is paired with an arrogant young partner (Lou), a second-generation political scion whose personality clashes sharply with his own. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026 Likewise, the sugars produced by the green leaves of a scion cannot be shared with the lower stem and roots of the plant if the graft fails. —

Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026 Saturday’s all-day schedule features sets by zydeco accordion maestro Ruben Moreno, Cajun standard bearers the Riley Family Band with David Greely and Sam Broussard, and soulful accordionist/vocalist Geno Delafose, scion of a zydeco dynasty. —

Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scion

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More than 180 years after Frederick Douglass passed through Philadelphia on his journey to freedom, his descendant has returned to the City of Brotherly Love to honor that history.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The agency is a descendant of the Office of Strategic Services (or OSS, as many crossword solvers might know), which was created during World War II to gather reliable intelligence.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 7 Feb. 2026