Synonyms of the word

inheritance

• n. The passing of title to an estate upon death.
• n. (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
• n. (biology) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
• n. (programming, object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts…

acquisition

• n. The act or process of acquiring.
• n. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
• n. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting…

attribute

• n. A characteristic or quality of a thing.
• n. (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
• n. (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
• n. (computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
• n. (computing, programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
• n. (computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
• v. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
• v. To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

heredity

• n. Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological…

heritage

• n. An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
• n. A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families…
• n. A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
• n. (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.