Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun posterity

2 senses of posterity

Sense 1
descendants, posterity -- (all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity")
       => biological group -- (a group of plants or animals)

Sense 2
posterity -- (all future generations)
       => generation -- (group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent)