Synonyms for legacy
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
Related words
- Phrases
- legacy media
Forms
- Plural
- legacies → heritages, bequests, inheritances, wills…
Example sentences
- heritage The Casbah is part of Algiers's cultural heritage.
- inheritance This is the cultural inheritance of independence.
- bequest He left a large bequest to the Mozilla Foundation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| legacy | rising | |
| heritage | rising | |
| inheritance | rising | |
| bequest | falling | |
| patrimony | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- will1, gift1
- 6 letters
- devise2
- 7 letters
- bequest2
- 8 letters
- heritage3
- 9 letters
- patrimony4
- 11 letters
- inheritance4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (devise2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- legs
- Italiano
- legato
- Español
- legado
- Deutsch
- Vermächtnis