inheritance

Other forms of inheritance

plural

inheritances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inheritance

What does inheritance mean?

inheritance means "hereditary succession to a title or an office or property". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inheritance?

inheritance has 4 syllables: in-her-i-tance. The stress falls on "her". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈhɛɹətəns/.

What is another word for inheritance?

Close synonyms include heritage, heritage, hereditary pattern, heritage. 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.

Is inheritance a common word?

inheritance is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.