hereditary
Plural: hereditaries
Adjective Satellite
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- "hereditary monarchy"
Adj
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
- Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
Noun
- A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
Examples
- Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
- Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
- hereditary rulers
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).
Synonyms
ancestral, familial, genetic, inherited, patrimonial, transmissible, transmitted, inhereditary
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
hereditary: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhereditary: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hereditary: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary