| Main Entry: | inherit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain as possession from someone's death |
Synonyms: |
accede, acquire, be bequeathed, be granted, be left, come in for, come into, derive, fall heir, get, obtain, receive, succeed, take over |
| Main Entry: | inherited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hereditary |
Synonyms: |
congenital, connate, genetic, handed down, in the blood, in the genes, inborn, inbred, innate, passed down, rooted |
| Main Entry: | ancestral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related to previous family or family trait |
Synonyms: |
affiliated, born with, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, in the family, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
| Main Entry: | congenital |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inborn |
Synonyms: |
complete, connate, connatural, constitutional, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, latent, native, natural, thorough, unacquired, utter |
Antonyms: |
contracted |
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into possession of; achieve |
Synonyms: |
access, accomplish, acquire, annex, attain, bag*, bring, bring in, build up, buy into, buy off, buy out, capture, cash in on, chalk up, clean up, clear, come by, compass, cop, draw, earn, educe, effect, elicit, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, gain, get hands on, glean, grab, have, hustle*, inherit, land, lock up, make, make a buy, make a killing, net, obtain, parlay, pick up, procure, pull, rack up, realize, reap, receive, score, secure, snag*, snap up, snowball, succeed to, take, wangle, win |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss, pass |
| Main Entry: | hereditary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inherited; transmitted at birth |
Synonyms: |
ancestral, bequeathed, family, genealogical, genetic, handed down, heritable, inborn, inbred, inheritable, inherited, lineal, maternal, paternal, patrimonial, traditional, transmissible, transmitted, willed |
Antonyms: |
acquired |
| Main Entry: | inborn/inbred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming from birth; natural |
Synonyms: |
congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, hereditary, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingenerate, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, native, unacquired |
Antonyms: |
acquired, earned |
| Main Entry: | indigenous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | native, inborn |
Synonyms: |
aboriginal, autochthonous, chthonic, congenital, connate, domestic, endemic, homegrown, inbred, inherent, inherited, innate, natural, original, primitive, unacquired |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreign |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
Synonyms: |
built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable |
| Notes: | the word innate means 'inborn' and should apply to living things; inherent is 'essential, intrinsic' and applies best to nonliving things like ideas |
Antonyms: |
acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | native |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innate, inherent |
Synonyms: |
built-in, congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, implanted, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherited, instinctive, intrinsic, inveterate, inwrought, natal, natural, original, real, unacquired, wild |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreign, outside |