hereditary

hereditary is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
2. adjective. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
3. adjective. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

   "ancestral home"

   "ancestral lore"

   Synonyms: ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible

4. adjective. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   "an inherited disease"

   "familial traits"

   Synonyms: familial, genetic, inherited, transmissible, transmitted

Synonyms

ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible, familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted

Common word forms

hereditarily

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