Synonyms for hereditary
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Inherited
inherited, genetic, ancestral, patrimonial, familial, transmissible, transmitted
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
Related words
- Phrases
- hereditary elliptocytosis
Example sentences
- genetic This disease is caused by a rare genetic mutation.
- inherited My sixty-year-old aunt inherited the huge estate.
- ancestral If Bruno dies, his entire ancestral line dies, too.
- heritable Judaism doesn't believe in heritable original sin.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hereditary | steady | |
| genetic | rising | |
| inherited | rising | |
| ancestral | rising | |
| patrimonial | rising | |
| heritable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- lineal3
- 7 letters
- genetic3
- 8 letters
- familial3
- 9 letters
- inherited4, ancestral3, heritable4
- 11 letters
- transmitted3, inheritable5, patrimonial4
- 12 letters
- inhereditary
- 13 letters
- transmissible
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lineal3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- héréditaire
- Italiano
- ereditario
- Català
- hereditari