Offshoot

n.

1.

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

Noun

1.

offshoot - a natural consequence of development Synonyms: outgrowth, branch, offset

V, accession, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, affiliation, annex, annexation, appanage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, arm, attachment, augment, augmentation, bine, body, bough, branch, branch office, branchedness, branchiness, breakaway group, burgeon, by-product, camp, caucus, chapter, church, coda, communion, community, complement, concomitant, consequence, consequent, continuation, corollary, crotch, crutch, deadwood, delta, denomination, derivation, derivative, descendant, development, distillate, division, effect, ethnic group, event, eventuality, eventuation, extension, extrapolation, faction, fan, fellowship, filiation, fixture, flagellum, fork, frond, fruit, furcula, furculum, groin, group, hand, harvest, heir, imp, increase, increment, inguen, interest, interest group, issue, joint, kin, kindred, leg, legacy, limb, link, lobe, lobule, local, lodge, logical outcome, member, minority group, offset, offspring, order, organ, organization, outcome, party, pendant, persuasion, pinion, political party, post, precipitate, pressure group, product, prong, ramage, ramification, reinforcement, relation, relative, religious order, result, resultant, runner, sarment, schism, school, scion, sect, sectarism, segment, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, shoot, side, side effect, side issue, silent majority, slip, society, spear, spin-off, splinter, splinter group, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, stem, stolon, sucker, switch, tail, tailpiece, tendril, thallus, trident, twig, undergirding, upshot, variety, version, vocal minority, wing, wishbone

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