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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
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
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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