| Main Entry: | birthright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heritage |
Synonyms: |
bequest, claim, due, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, primogeniture, right, share |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, counterclaim, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum |
| Main Entry: | heirloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something inherited, often antique |
Synonyms: |
antique, bequest, birthright, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, reversion |
| Main Entry: | heritage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's background, tradition |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, dowry, endowment, estate, fashion, heirship, heritance, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition |
| Main Entry: | inheritance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession gained through someone's death |
Synonyms: |
bequest, birthright, devise, estate, gift, heirloom, heritage, heritance, legacy, primogeniture |
| Main Entry: | legacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inheritance, heritage |
Synonyms: |
bequest, birthright, devise, endowment, estate, gift, heirloom, throwback, tradition |
| Main Entry: | liberty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
Synonyms: |
autarchy, authorization, autonomy, birthright, carte blanche, choice, convenience, decision, deliverance, delivery, dispensation, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlightenment, exemption, franchise, free speech, immunity, independence, leave, leisure, liberation, license, opportunity, permission, power of choice, prerogative, privilege, relaxation, release, rest, right, sanction, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty, suffrage, unconstraint |
Antonyms: |
arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint |
| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, dominance |
Synonyms: |
ascendancy, authority, authorization, birthright, clout, command, connection, diadem, direction, domination, dominion, hegemony, imperium, influence, inside track, jurisdiction, law, leadership, license, management, might, moxie*, omnipotence, paramountcy, predominance, prerogative, prestige, privilege, regency, right, rule, say-so, sovereignty, steam, strength, strings, superiority, supremacy, sway, warrant, weight*, wire |
Antonyms: |
inefficiency, subservience, surrender, weakness, yielding |
| Main Entry: | prerogative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, privilege |
Synonyms: |
advantage, appanage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, droit, due, exemption, immunity, liberty, perquisite, sanction, title |
| Notes: | a privilege is a right that may be extended to a group or a number of people; a prerogative is a right that, customarily, is vested in a single person |
Antonyms: |
duty, obligation |
| Main Entry: | privilege |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, due |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, appanage, appurtenance, authority, authorization, benefit, birthright, boon, chance, charter, claim, concession, entitlement, event, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, grant, immunity, liberty, license, opportunity, perquisite, prerogative, right, sanction |
Antonyms: |
detriment, disadvantage |