Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "heir" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

spare

Derived Terms

coheir disheir forced heir heir apparency heir apparent heir at law heir by custom heir general heir of the body heir of the line heir portioner heir presumptive heir-at-law heir-loom heirdom heiress heirhead heirhood heirless heirloom heirship hereditary heritage inherit inheritance inheritor laughing heir laughing heir statute legal heir pretermitted heir service of an heir statutory heir unheired

Inflected/Variant Forms

heiress

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

issue offspring progeny receiver recipient

Type Of (IsA)

recipient

Related Terms

devisee legatee

Related Terms

continuity devisee hereditary inherit inheritance inheritance person inheriting inheriting money inheritor inherits legatee money person predecessor property relative role son successor

Similar Terms

inheritor

Synonym Network

successor

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.