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 While Love Story brought the Kennedy family back into the pop-culture zeitgeist, one scion of the political dynasty was already making headlines back in 2024. —

Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026 Companies and wealthy scions donate to museums and sponsor exhibitions all the time, sure. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 And of course, the handsome scion, before he’s fully formed. —

Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026 Hurley, the former Duke basketball star and coaching scion, arrived at Arizona State in 2015 after leading Buffalo to the NCAA Tournament in just his second season there. —

Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scion

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More than two centuries after the 13 colonies rebelled against King George III and sent his redcoats packing, a direct descendant of that monarch will arrive Monday in Washington to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence from British rule.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Mendoza himself is Cuban, as the descendant of Cuban refugees.

— Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026