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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who inherits possessions |
| Synonyms: | beneficiary, crown prince/princess, devisee, grantee, heritor, inheritor, next in line, scion, successor |
| Notes: | hair is any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; a hare is a large, long-eared and long-legged rabbit; an heir is a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another |
| Antonyms: | heiress |
| Main Entry: | descendant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in line of ancestry |
| Synonyms: | brood, child, children, chip off old block, get*, heir, issue, kin, offshoot, offspring, posterity, product, progeniture, progeny, scion, seed, spin-off |
| Antonyms: | ascendant, predecessor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | issue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | children |
| Synonyms: | brood, descendants, get, heirs, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed |
| Antonyms: | parent |
Example Sentences
- At the death of his predecessor the heir-apparent becomes heir-at-law.
- Tom is glib and undisciplined enough to maintain that his philandering is no more than the ills that all flesh is heir to.
- In a sharp break with tradition, he was the first heir to marry a commoner.
| Main Entry: | offspring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child, children |
| Synonyms: | baby, bambino, brood, chip off old block, cub, descendant, family, generation, heir, heredity, issue, kid*, lineage, offshoot, posterity, produce, progeniture, progeny, pup, scion, seed, spawn, succession, successor, young |
| Antonyms: | parent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | owner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has possession of |
| Synonyms: | governor, heir, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, holder, keeper, landowner, legatee, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, sharer, something buyer, squire, titleholder |
| Antonyms: | leaser, renter |
| Main Entry: | posterity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | future generations |
| Synonyms: | breed, brood, children, descendants, family, heirs, issue, lineage, next generation, offspring, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, stock, succeeding generations, successors, unborn |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | scion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offshoot, descendant |
| Synonyms: | begotten, branch, brood, child, chip off old block, graft, heir, heiress, issue, junior, offspring, progeny, seed, shoot, slip, sprout, successor, twig |
| Antonyms: | cause, root, source |
| Main Entry: | seed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | children |
| Synonyms: | brood, descendants, heirs, issue, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, race, scions, spawn, successors |
| Antonyms: | ancestor, parent |
| Main Entry: | next of kin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | closest relative |
| Synonyms: | heir, kinsman, near relative, relation, relative, sibling |
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