Synonyms for Inheritance
ɪnˈhɛr ɪ tənsin·her·i·tance

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1. inheritance

   Synonyms:
   bequest, legacy, heritage, hereditament, patrimony, possession

   Antonyms:
   purchase, donation, acquisition, dissipation, alienation, forfeiture, lapse, escheatment

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1. inheritance, heritagenoun

   hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

   Synonyms:
   heritage, hereditary pattern, inheritance

2. inheritance, heritagenoun

   that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

   Synonyms:
   heritage, hereditary pattern, inheritance

3. inheritance, hereditary patternnoun

   (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

   Synonyms:
   heritage, hereditary pattern, inheritance

4. inheritance, heritagenoun

   any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

   "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"

   Synonyms:
   heritage, hereditary pattern, inheritance

Matched Categories

1. • Attribute
   • Law
   • Transferred Property

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1. inheritancenoun

   Synonyms:
   inheriting

2. inheritancenoun

   Synonyms:
   heritage, patrimony

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1. inheritancenoun

   Synonyms:
   heritage, patrimony, legacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "inheritance":

   succession, legacy, heredity, heritage, inherit, estate, heritability, successor, intestacy, estates, legacies

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How to use Inheritance in a sentence?

1. James A. Garfield:

   It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.

2. Isadora Duncan:

   The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

3. Molly Ringwald:

   [The John Hughes movies] were really unique and really fun and he basically got that whole teen 'thing' in a way that nobody has gotten since, except for a movie that I really love that I think is the inheritance of John Hughes, to my mind, I think 'Eighth Grade' completely gets it. Elsie Fisher's performance is incredible. I think what it really shares with the John Hughes films is the fact that it's really funny and yet it's really moving.

4. George Osborne:

   It is not fair that non-doms with residential property here in the UK can put it in an offshore company and avoid inheritance tax.

5. Karl Kraus:

   Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.