disinherit

Questions about disinherit

What does disinherit mean?

disinherit means "prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting".

How many syllables are in disinherit?

disinherit has 4 syllables and divides as di-sin-he-rit under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for disinherit?

Close synonyms include disown. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of disinherit?

The recorded antonyms are bequeath.

Is disinherit a common word?

disinherit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.