offspring

noun

1 anxious parents watching over their offspring:

children, sons and daughters, progeny, family, youngsters, babies, brood;

descendants, heirs, successors, scions;

young, litter, fry;

Law issue;

informal kids, quiverful;

derogatory spawn;

archaic seed, fruit, fruit of one's loins.

2 he obviously had great expectations for his latest offspring:

child, baby, infant, son, daughter, youngster, little one, tot, tiny tot;

descendant, heir, successor;

Scottish, & Northern English bairn, wean;

West Indian pickney;

informal kid, kiddie, kiddiewink, nipper, brat, lad, shaver, munchkin, tiny, chick;

British, informal sprog;

South African, informal outjie, lighty;

literary babe.