INHERITANCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
   Synonym(s)
   • heritage (what does heritage mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inheritance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • acquisition (what does acquisition mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • inherit (what does inherit mean?)
   • come into (what does come into mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
   Synonym(s)
   • heritage (what does heritage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • my only inheritance was my mother’’s blessing
   • the world’’s heritage of knowledge
   Hypernyms(s) inheritance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attribute (what does attribute mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • birthright (what does birthright mean?)
   • background (what does background mean?)
   • birthright (what does birthright mean?)
   • upbringing (what does upbringing mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
   Synonym(s)
   • hereditary pattern (what does hereditary pattern mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inheritance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • heredity (what does heredity mean?)
   • genetic endowment (what does genetic endowment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ancestry (what does ancestry mean?)
   • lineage (what does lineage mean?)
   • derivation (what does derivation mean?)
   • filiation (what does filiation mean?)
   • linkage (what does linkage mean?)
   • gene linkage (what does gene linkage mean?)
   • X-linked dominant inheritance (what does X-linked dominant inheritance mean?)
   • X-linked recessive inheritance (what does X-linked recessive inheritance mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • inherit (what does inherit mean?)
4. Meaning
   • that which is inherited
   • a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
   Synonym(s)
   • heritage (what does heritage mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inheritance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • transferred property (what does transferred property mean?)
   • transferred possession (what does transferred possession mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • primogeniture (what does primogeniture mean?)
   • borough English (what does borough English mean?)
   • accretion (what does accretion mean?)
   • bequest (what does bequest mean?)
   • legacy (what does legacy mean?)
   • birthright (what does birthright mean?)
   • patrimony (what does patrimony mean?)
   • devise (what does devise mean?)
   • heirloom (what does heirloom mean?)