inheritor
Will's named beneficiary
An inheritor is someone who receives something from a predecessor—typically property or money passed down at death, but also traditions, traits, or situations: As inheritors of this land, we have a duty to protect it.
The word emphasizes the receiving end of inheritance, often carrying a sense of legacy or succession: inheritors of a great musical tradition.
Recipient of bequest
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
- doneeRecipient of a transfer
recipient · intestate · testate · heirship · entailment · primogeniture · trustee · fiduciary
Person from earlier generations
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- scionHeir of prominence
- issuePoint of contention
child · bloodline · lineage · ancestry · dynasty · genealogy · heritage · birthright
Wealth or destiny
- estateProperty and grounds
- assetsOwned items of value
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
trust · holdings · patrimony · windfall · capital · property · heirloom · treasure
Custom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- custodianGuardian of a place
- stewardManager for another
- torchbearerCarrier of a cause
mantle · preservation · continuation · keeper · guardian · birthright · patrimony · heirloom
legatee
Recipient of bequest
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
donee · recipient · intestate · testate · heirship · entailment · primogeniture · trustee · fiduciary · probate
descendant
Person from earlier generations
issue · child · bloodline · lineage · ancestry · dynasty · genealogy · heritage · birthright · patrimony
fortune
Wealth or destiny
endowment · trust · holdings · patrimony · windfall · capital · property · heirloom · treasure · affluence
tradition
Custom passed through generations
torchbearer · mantle · preservation · continuation · keeper · guardian · birthright · patrimony · heirloom · relics
replacement
What takes another's place
- predecessorOne who came first
- successorOne who replaces another
- protegeOne receiving expert guidance
appointee · nominee · disciple · follow-up · incumbent · promotion · advancement · designate · dauphin · second-in-command
- successorsnext in line, crown prince, crown princess, dauphin, heiress
- heirsheiress, heirs, coheirs, beneficiary, beneficiaries
- inheritanceinheritances, heirs, heiress, bequest, bequests
- recipientsrecipient, beneficiary, payee, grantee, addressee
- legal recipientsbeneficiary, legatee, grantee, donee, assignee
- buyersbuyers, buyer, purchasers, purchaser, homebuyers
inheritorancestor
Predecessor in lineage
predecessor · forefather · progenitor · forebear · precursor
inheritorbequeather
One who wills assets
testator · decedent · benefactor · donor · grantor
inheritorself-made man
One who succeeds independently
self-made woman · founder · creator · builder · entrepreneur
- inheritance claimsLegal demands on estates
- inheritance taxLevy on bequeathed assets
- inheritance taxesLevies on bequests
- family inheritanceProperty passed through generations
- inheritance disputeLegal conflict over bequests
- maternal inheritanceGenes from the mother
inherit, inheritance, inheriting, inherits, inheritors, disinherited, inheritable, disinherits, disinheriting