Grade 8

posterity (pos-ter-i-ty)

Definition

1.
noun.
all generations to come; future generations 2 a person's descendants

Example Sentence

For the sake of posterity do not cut down the oak trees.

Synonyms

heirs; successors; descendants; family

Antonyms

past; ancestry

Rhymes

  • charity
  • clarity
  • garrity
  • geraghty
  • gerety
  • gerrity
  • parity
  • rarity
  • varity
  • verity

  • austerity
  • dexterity
  • disparity
  • hilarity
  • polarity
  • posterity
  • prosperity
  • severity
  • sincerity
  • temerity
  • vulgarity

  • familiarity
  • insularity
  • popularity
  • regularity
  • similarity
  • solidarity

  • irregularity
  • peculiarity
  • unfamiliarity
  • unpopularity