Synonyms of the word

patrimonial

• adj. Of or pertaining to patrimony.
• adj. Legally inherited from one or more ancestors.

ancestral

• adj. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.

hereditary

• adj. Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
• adj. Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
• adj. Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
• adj. Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
• adj. (mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
• n. A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

heritable

• adj. able to be inherited, passed from parents to their children.

inheritable

• adj. That can be inherited.
• adj. Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.

transmissible

• adj. able to be transmitted.
• adj. (medicine) capable of being transmitted from one person to another; contagious.