Synonym: accessory, addition, appendage, branch, byproduct, outgrowth, supplement. Similar words: offshore, shoot, outshoot, shoot off, shoot up, shooting, overshoot, bamboo shoot. Meaning: n. a natural consequence of development.
31. The second chapter is on Buddhism, which is treated as an offshoot of Hinduism.
32. His Nation of Islam represented a cultish offshoot of a venerable American movement, black nationalism.
33. Meanwhile, government public relation as an offshoot also has tighter relations with public policy.
More similar words: offshore, shoot, outshoot, shoot off, shoot up, shooting, overshoot, bamboo shoot, shoot the moon, shoot the breeze, shoot from the hip, troubleshooter, hoot, hooter, cahoot, shook, give a hoot, offset, offspring, off-season, handcuffs, earmuffs, off season, let off steam, toot, whoop, hood, hoop, hook, hoof.