hereditary
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
an inherited disease
Related & opposite
- genetic endowment derivation
- kin derivation
- heredity derivation
- transmit derivation
- inheritable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
ancestral home
Related & opposite
- antecedent derivation
- birthright derivation
- law domain topic
- inheritable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | genetic endowment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kin |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heredity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | transmit |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inheritable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | birthright |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inheritable |