Inheritance

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/

Synonyms for "inheritance" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (26)

Adjective(2 words)
cultural legacyfrench héritage
Noun(3 words)
devolutiongenetic transmissionhereditary pattern

Related words (44)

Noun(11 words)
heredityheritageheritage relatedheritagesinheritingintergenerational transmissionlegacieslegacyportuguese hereditáriosubclassingsuccessions
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propertyrecessive characterreplicationreversionrnasuccessiontestamentultimogenitureverworn theoryweismann theoryweismannismwiesner theorywill

Related word relations

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More general

12 entries
acquisitionattributebiological processestate lawgenetic endowmentgeneticshereditylanguage featureprogramming conceptsuccessiontransferred possessiontransferred property

More specific

6 entries
Mendelian inheritanceintestate inheritancemitochondrial inheritancemultiple inheritancesingle inheritancetestamentary inheritance

Collocations

6 entries
genetic inheritancehereditary diseasesinheritance taxmultiple inheritancesingle inheritancetestamentary bequest

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

8 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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She claims the inheritance.

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He pissed away his inheritance on booze and loose women.

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My father left me a large inheritance.

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Usually, inheritance laws are complex.

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