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inheritance - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | inheritance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession gained through someone's death |
| Synonyms: | bequest, birthright, devise, estate, gift, heirloom, heritage, legacy, heritance, primogeniture |
| Main Entry: | bequest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given in will |
| Synonyms: | devise, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust, bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, dower |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, blood, brood, clan, class, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, genealogy, genre, group, house, household, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, network, pedigree, people, progeny, race, relationship, strain, subdivision, system, tribe, ancestors, children, descendants, forebears, generations, heirs and assigns, in-laws, ménage, parentage, progenitors, relations, relatives, siblings |
| Main Entry: | heirloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something inherited, often antique |
| Synonyms: | antique, bequest, birthright, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, reversion |
| Main Entry: | heredity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transmission of traits from parents to offspring |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, constitution, inheritance, congenital traits, eugenics, genesiology, genetic make-up, genetics, inborn character |
| Antonyms: | acquirement |
| Main Entry: | heritage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's background, tradition |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, endowment, estate, fashion, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition, dowry, heirship, heritance |
| Main Entry: | tradition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established practice |
| Synonyms: | attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom, ethic, mythos |
| Main Entry: | birthright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heritage |
| Synonyms: | bequest, claim, due, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, right, share, primogeniture |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage, annuity, remittance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
| Synonyms: | award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust, bestowal, funding, gifting |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| Main Entry: | fortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth, possessions |
| Synonyms: | affluence, capital, estate, gold mine*, inheritance, opulence, portion, property, prosperity, resources, riches, substance, treasure, worth |
| Antonyms: | hardship, misfortune, poverty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | property |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possessions, real estate |
| Synonyms: | acreage, assets, belongings, capital, claim, dominion, effects, equity, estate, farm, goods, holdings, home, house, inheritance, land, means, ownership, plot, premises, resources, riches, substance, title, tract, wealth, worth, acres, buildings, chattels, freehold, possessorship, proprietary, proprietorship, realty |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, allowance, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, annuity, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's possessions, property, wealth |
| Synonyms: | assets, belongings, bequest, capital, devise, effects, endowment, fortune, goods, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, substance, chattels, earthly possessions |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | last wishes; command |
| Synonyms: | bequest, declaration, decree, device, dispensation, disposition, estate, heritage, inheritance, insistence, legacy, order, property, testament, bestowal, directions, instructions |
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