| Main Entry: | beneficiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gains, benefits |
Synonyms: |
almsperson, assignee, devisee, donee, grantee, heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee, payee, possessor, receiver, recipient, stipendiary, successor |
| Notes: | a benefactor is someone who provides a gift; a beneficiary is someone who receives benefits or favors |
Antonyms: |
giver, payer |
| Main Entry: | heir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who inherits possessions |
Synonyms: |
beneficiary, crown prince/princess, devisee, grantee, heritor, inheritor, next in line, scion, successor |
Antonyms: |
heiress |
| Main Entry: | successor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heir |
Synonyms: |
beneficiary, descendant, follower, heritor, inheritor, next in line, replacement, scion |
| Main Entry: | possessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | owner |
Synonyms: |
beneficiary, buyer, heir, heiress, holder, inheritor, laird, landlady, landlord, landowner, legatee, lessee, master, occupant, occupier, partner, proprietor, proprietress, purchaser, retainer, trustee |
| Concept: | Possessor. |
| Category: | 1. Property in general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant; person in possession, man in possession [more]; renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee; zemindar, ryot; tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life., owner; proprietor, proprietress, proprietary; impropriator, master, mistress, lord., land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady; lord of the manor, lord paramount; heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord; planter., cestui-que-trust, beneficiary, mortgagor., grantee, feoffee, releasee, devisee; legatee, legatary., trustee; holder of the legal estate; mortgagee., right owner, rightful owner., [Future possessor] heir presumptive, heir apparent; heiress; inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix; reversioner, remainderman.
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