She's the heiress to a great fortune.
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Heiress
//ɛəˈɹɛs//
Synonyms for "heiress" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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7 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وَارِثَة noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Belarusian
1 entries- насле́дніца noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- насле́дничка noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Czech
1 entries- dědička noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Danish
1 entries- arving noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Estonian
2 entries- pärija noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- pärijanna noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Finnish
1 entries- perijätär noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
French
3 entries- héritière noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- successeuse noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- successrice noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Georgian
1 entries- მემკვიდრე noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
German
1 entries- Erbin noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐍉 noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Irish
1 entries- banoidhre noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Italian
1 entries- ereditiera noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Japanese
1 entries- 世継ぎ noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Latin
1 entries- hēres noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Latvian
1 entries- mantiniece noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Lithuanian
1 entries- paveldėtoja noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Macedonian
1 entries- наследничка noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Polish
3 entries- dziedzicka noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- spadkobierczyni noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- sukcesorka noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Portuguese
1 entries- herdeira noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Romanian
1 entries- moștenitoare noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Russian
2 entries- насле́дница noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- прее́мница noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ban-oighre noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- následnica noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- násljednica noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- на́следница noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- на́сљедница noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Slovak
1 entries- dedička noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Slovene
2 entries- dedinja noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- naslednica noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Spanish
1 entries- heredera noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Swedish
2 entries- arvinge noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- arvtagerska noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Ukrainian
2 entries- наслі́дниця noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
- спадкоє́миця noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Welsh
1 entries- aeres noun (a woman who stands to inherit)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Mary is the heiress to a large fortune.
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Daniel made Amanda the sole heiress to his fortune.
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In January, the celebrity hotel heiress pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving stemming from a September 2006 arrest in Hollywood.
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