Synonyms for heir
ɛərheir

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. heir, inheritor, heritornoun

   a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

   Synonyms:
   heritor, inheritor, successor

2. successor, heirnoun

   a person who inherits some title or office

   Synonyms:
   heritor, inheritor, replacement, successor

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1. • Offspring
   • Recipient

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. heirnoun

   Synonyms:
   inheritor, scion, coheir, parcener

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "heir":

   heiress, prince, successor, crown, dauphin

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1. Reverend King , Dr. Chavis:

   When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir, it is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.

2. Pierre Gilliard:

   “He thoroughly enjoyed life—when it let him—and he was a happy, romping boy. He was very simple in his tastes and he entertained no false satisfaction because he was the Heir; there was nothing he thought less about.”

3. Proverb:

   He is a fool that makes his doctor his heir. #CVirusisfake

4. Sam Greene:

   This government has tried very hard to portray itself as the heir of both the Soviet Union and tsarist Russia, but it doesn't want to explicitly take a side in the revolution. If it says it was or was not justified, it is going to make friends among some and alienate a lot of others.

5. Carrie Johnson:

   I wouldn't comment on anything that I say to The Queen or The Queen says to me. Nor will I say anything about what the heir to the throne might say to me or what I might say to him. And that's never happened and Prime Ministers never talk about that and quite rightly.