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inherited - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | inherited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hereditary |
| Synonyms: | congenital, genetic, inborn, inbred, innate, rooted, connate, handed down, in the blood, in the genes, passed down |
| Main Entry: | inherit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain as possession from someone's death |
| Synonyms: | accede, acquire, come in for, derive, get, obtain, receive, succeed, be bequeathed, be granted, be left, come into, fall heir, take over |
| Main Entry: | ancestral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related to previous family or family trait |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, congenital, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, maternal, old, past, paternal, born with, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, in the family, lineal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
| Main Entry: | congenital |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inborn |
| Synonyms: | complete, constitutional, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, latent, native, natural, thorough, utter, connate, connatural, indwelling, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | contracted |
| Main Entry: | hereditary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inherited; transmitted at birth |
| Synonyms: | ancestral, family, genetic, inborn, inbred, inherited, maternal, paternal, traditional, bequeathed, genealogical, handed down, heritable, inheritable, lineal, patrimonial, transmissible, transmitted, willed |
| Antonyms: | acquired |
| Main Entry: | inborn/inbred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming from birth; natural |
| Synonyms: | congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, hereditary, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, native, connate, connatural, indwelling, ingenerate, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | acquired, earned |
| Main Entry: | indigenous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | native, inborn |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, autochthonous, congenital, domestic, endemic, homegrown, inbred, inherent, inherited, innate, natural, original, primitive, chthonic, connate, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | alien, foreign |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
| Synonyms: | built-in, characteristic, congenital, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indispensable, individual, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, subjective, connate, in the grain, inbuilt, indwelling, running in the family, 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, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned, added |
| Main Entry: | inborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | natural |
| Synonyms: | congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, hereditary, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, native, connate, connatural, indwelling, ingenerate, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | acquired, learned |
| Main Entry: | owned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possessed |
| Synonyms: | bought, held, inherited, kept, retained, enjoyed, had, in hand, purchased |
| Main Entry: | native |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innate, inherent |
| Synonyms: | built-in, congenital, constitutional, endemic, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherited, instinctive, intrinsic, inveterate, natural, original, real, wild, connate, connatural, implanted, inwrought, natal, unacquired |
| Antonyms: | alien, foreign, outside |
| Main Entry: | acquired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gained without special exertion |
| Synonyms: | given, granted, inherited, accrued, bequeathed, endowed, handed down, passed on, transmitted |
| Antonyms: | lost, deprived, forfeited |
| Main Entry: | realized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | earned |
| Synonyms: | acquired, cleared, gathered, inherited, made, netted, received, taken, accrued, gained, gotten, harvested, obtained, profited, reaped |
| 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 off, capture, chalk up*, clear, come by, compass, cop*, draw, earn, educe, effect, elicit, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, gain, glean, grab, have, hustle*, inherit, land, make, net, obtain, parlay, pick up, procure, pull, rack up*, realize, reap, receive, score, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, buy into, buy out, cash in on, clean up*, get hands on, lock up, make a buy, make a killing, snap up, snowball, succeed to |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss, pass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obtain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, acquire |
| Synonyms: | access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up*, collect, come by, compass, cop*, corral, drum up*, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab*, occupy, pick up, pocket*, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | own |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | possess; be responsible for |
| Synonyms: | boast, control, dominate, enjoy, have, hold, inherit, keep, occupy, reserve, retain, be in possession of, be possessed of, fall heir to, have in hand, have rights, have title |
| Antonyms: | dispossess, lack, lose, need, sell, not have |
| Main Entry: | receive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept delivery of something |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, admit, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, assume, catch, collect, come by, cop*, corral*, derive, draw, earn, gain, gather, get, grab, hear, hold, inherit, make, obtain, perceive, pick up, pocket*, procure, pull, pull down*, reap, redeem, secure, seize, snag*, take, take in, win, be given, be in receipt of, be informed, be told, come into, get from, get hands on, get hold of, latch on to, take possession |
| Antonyms: | deliver, donate, give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come after; take the place of |
| Synonyms: | accede, assume, displace, ensue, enter upon, follow, inherit, replace, result, supersede, supplant, be subsequent, come into, come into possession, come next, follow after, follow in order, go next, postdate, supervene, take over |
| Antonyms: | precede |
| Main Entry: | take after |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emulate |
| Synonyms: | copy, ditto*, follow, follow suit*, imitate, inherit, mimic, mirror, rival, act like, be like, do like, follow in the footsteps of, follow the example of, look like, make like, pattern after |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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