Word Meanings - HEIR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. I am my father's heir and only son. Shak. 2.

Additional info about word: HEIR

1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. I am my father's heir and only son. Shak. 2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. And I his heir in misery alone. Pope. Heir apparent. See under Apparent. -- Heir at law, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. Wharton . -- Heir presumptive, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HEIR)

• Inheritor
• Heir
• successor
• devisee
• legatee

Related words: (words related to HEIR)

• INHERITOR
  One who inherits; an heir. Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton.
• LEGATEE
  One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
• SUCCESSOR
  One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands
• DEVISEE
  One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.
• CO-LEGATEE
  A joint legatee.
• COINHERITOR
  A coheir.