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heiress

[air-is] / ˈɛər ɪs /
NOUN
beneficiary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
heir recipient
STRONG
assignee devisee donee grantee inheritor legatee payee possessor receiver stipendiary successor
WEAK
almsperson
Antonyms
WEAK
giver payer
NOUN
holder
Synonyms
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buyer landowner partner purchaser
STRONG
governor heir heritor keeper legatee master possessor proprietor sharer squire
WEAK
heir-apparent titleholder
Antonyms
STRONGEST
seller
NOUN
owner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
holder landowner partner proprietor
STRONG
governor heir heritor keeper legatee possessor purchaser sharer squire
WEAK
heir-apparent something buyer titleholder
Antonyms
WEAK
leaser renter
NOUN
possessor
Synonyms
STRONG
beneficiary buyer heir holder inheritor laird landlady landlord landowner legatee lessee master occupant occupier partner proprietor proprietress purchaser retainer trustee
Antonyms
STRONG
seller
NOUN
scion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
heir
STRONG
branch brood child graft issue junior offspring progeny seed shoot sprout successor twig
WEAK
begotten chip off old block
Antonyms
STRONG
parent
WEAK
cause root source

Example Sentences

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Beshear moderated the conversation among the state leaders at the Los Angeles-area home of liquor heiress Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and her husband, former Chicago Fire soccer club owner Andrew Hauptman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

A Harvard-educated attorney and Vanderbilt heiress, Burden, 56, writes candidly about how she ceded control of her finances to her ex during their 20-year marriage, trusting him to act in her best interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Thomas Pynchon hasn’t lost a step with his 1930s tale about the misadventures of a Milwaukee cheese heiress and the detective that travels to proto-fascist Budapest to find her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

It was eventually sold for $85 million in 2011 to Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

Joan Crawford made a specialty of the working girl role, in movies like Sadie McKee and Dancing Lady, and also did the heiress in Love on the Run and I Live My Life.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times