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Synonyms for hereditary
həˈrɛd ɪˌtɛr ihered·i·ta·ry

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. hereditary

    Synonyms:
    inherited, ancestral, lineal

    Antonyms:
    conferred, acquired, won

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

    "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

    Synonyms:
    familial, genic, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, genetical, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted, catching

    Antonyms:
    noninheritable, nonheritable

  2. ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissibleadjective

    inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

    "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"

    Synonyms:
    familial, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, catching, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted

    Antonyms:
    noninheritable, nonheritable

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hereditaryadjective

    Synonyms:
    ancestral, patrimonial, by inheritance

  2. hereditaryadjective

    Synonyms:
    inherited, transmitted (from ancestors)

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  1. hereditaryadjective

    Synonyms:
    ancestral, patrimonial, inheritable, inherited

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "hereditary":

    heritable, inherited, genetic, inheritable

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How to use hereditary in a sentence?

  1. Robert Wright:

    Think of it: zillions and zillions of organisms running around, each under the hypnotic spell of a single truth, all these truths identical, and all logically incompatible with one another : 'My hereditary material is the most important material on earth; its survival justifies your frustration, pain, even death'. And you are one of those organisms, living your life in the thrall of a logical absurdity.

  2. Guy Goden:

    Celibacy is not hereditary.

  3. Ekujumi Olarenwaju:

    Thus far scientifically, no one can say this is the reason, one of the plausible reasons is the hereditary aspect of it because maybe over the years they inter-marry, they now have that gene being pooled and concentrated in that environment.

  4. Francis Collins:

    What this study says quite definitively for diabetes is the vast majority of hereditary risk variants are in fact these common ones, and the rare ones, while they pop up here and there, are a much smaller contribution.

  5. Albert Einstein:

    Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.


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