inheritor
noun
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 noun
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
Types & categories
- recipient hypernym
- heir apparent hyponym
- heir-at-law hyponym
- heiress hyponym
- heir presumptive hyponym
Related & opposite
- inherit derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inherit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | recipient |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heir apparent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heir-at-law |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heiress |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heir presumptive |