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Synonyms for "hereditary" in English

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hereditary:
- heritable; hereditary; ancestral; patrimonial; transmissible; genetic; inherited; transmitted; familial
- hereditary; passed on by heredity

English

Detailed Synonyms for hereditary in English

hereditary:

hereditary adj

hereditary
heritable; hereditary
- heritable adj
- hereditary adj
hereditary

– inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent ¹
hereditary; ancestral; patrimonial; transmissible
– inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent ¹
- hereditary adj
  - hereditary monarchy¹
- ancestral adj
  - ancestral home¹
  - ancestral lore¹
- patrimonial adj
  - patrimonial estate¹
- transmissible adj
  - transmissible tradition¹
hereditary

– occurring among members of a family usually by heredity ¹
hereditary; genetic; inherited; transmissible; transmitted; familial
– occurring among members of a family usually by heredity ¹
- hereditary adj
- genetic adj
  - genetically transmitted features¹
- inherited adj
  - an inherited disease¹
- transmissible adj
- transmitted adj
  - genetically transmitted features¹
- familial adj
  - familial traits¹

hereditary

hereditary
hereditary
- hereditary
hereditary
hereditary; passed on by heredity
- hereditary
- passed on by heredity

Alternate Synonyms for "hereditary":

familial; genetic; inherited; transmitted; transmissible; inheritable; heritable
ancestral; patrimonial

Related Definitions for "hereditary":

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent¹
- hereditary monarchy¹
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity¹

Related Synonyms for hereditary

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