| 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: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessors; family history |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock |
| Main Entry: | bequest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given in will |
Synonyms: |
bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, devise, dower, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's possessions, property, wealth |
Synonyms: |
assets, belongings, bequest, capital, chattels, devise, earthly possessions, effects, endowment, fortune, goods, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, substance |
| Main Entry: | heirloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something inherited, often antique |
Synonyms: |
antique, bequest, birthright, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, reversion |
| 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: | roots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
Synonyms: |
background, birthplace, blood, breed, descent, family history, family tree, genealogy, heritage, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, race |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
Synonyms: |
allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, divvy, dose, drag*, due, end, fifty-fifty, fraction, fragment, halver, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, meed, parcel, part, partage, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, points, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, quotum, rake-off, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | tradition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established practice |
Synonyms: |
attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethic, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, mythos, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | last wishes; command |
Synonyms: |
bequest, bestowal, declaration, decree, device, directions, dispensation, disposition, estate, heritage, inheritance, insistence, instructions, legacy, order, property, testament |