What is another word for inheritance?
Synonyms for inheritance
ɪnˈhɛr ɪ tənsin·her·i·tance
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
inheritance
Synonyms:
bequest, legacy, heritage, hereditament, patrimony, possessionAntonyms:
purchase, donation, acquisition, dissipation, alienation, forfeiture, lapse, escheatment
Princeton's WordNet
inheritance, heritagenoun
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Synonyms:
heritage, hereditary patterninheritance, 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 patterninheritance, hereditary patternnoun
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
Synonyms:
heritage, hereditary patterninheritance, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
inheritancenoun
Synonyms:
inheritinginheritancenoun
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#450 | estate | |
#3120 | heritage | |
#5010 | legacy | |
#6648 | possession | |
#8210 | estates | |
#11534 | inheritance | |
#12997 | successor | |
#13762 | succession | |
#21257 | inherit | |
#35503 | bequest | |
#36799 | legacies | |
#42231 | heredity | |
#68924 | heritability | |
#79108 | patrimony | |
#150505 | intestacy | |
#265764 | hereditament |
How to use inheritance in a sentence?
We never thought about an inheritance. We never assumed we would be getting anything at any time and we weren't bitter or thinking that we should for some reason, we just grew up in a house where you work hard and you make your way in life and hopefully you have a well-lived life based on all sorts of criteria.
All the revenues from my share of the inheritance will go to a foundation for youth and education because everyone knows - and I say it again - that the youth were sacred in the eyes of President Omar Bongo Ondimba.
Property left to a child may soon be lost but the inheritance of virtue--a good name an unblemished reputation--will abide forever. If those who are toiling for wealth to leave their children, would but take half the pains to secure for them virtuous habits, how much more serviceable would they be. The largest property may be wrested from a child, but virtue will stand by him to the last.
I have no choice but to sell some of my cows. I must do it before they die, it pains me to do so. My cattle are my family's inheritance.
It is not fair that people who are born in the UK to parents who are domiciled here, can later in life claim to be non-doms and live here, 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.
Translations for inheritance
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- وراثةArabic
- dědičnostCzech
- ErbschaftGerman
- heredoEsperanto
- herenciaSpanish
- وراثتPersian
- perintö, periminen, perimäFinnish
- ættarbregði, ættararvurFaroese
- oidhreachtIrish
- oighreachdScottish Gaelic
- warisanIndonesian
- ereditarietà, ereditàItalian
- יְרוּשָׁהHebrew
- 継承Japanese
- erfelijkheid, erfdeel, nalatenschap, erfenisDutch
- arvNorwegian
- dziedziczenie, spadekPolish
- herançaPortuguese
- moștenireRomanian
- наследство, наследованиеRussian
- nasleđivanje, nasledstvoSerbo-Croatian
- arvSwedish
- urithiSwahili
- มรดกThai
- eritance, eritaedjeWalloon
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