inheritors
Will's named beneficiaries
Inheritors are those who receive something from predecessors—property, titles, traits, or conditions.
The word most often refers to legal heirs who receive estates or wealth after someone's death: The inheritors divided the family fortune.
But it extends to anyone who comes into possession of what earlier generations left behind: We are the inheritors of a broken system.
Those who come after
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- scionsHeirs or plant shoots
- childrenYoung human beings
heirs · bloodline · posterity · issue · kin · family · next of kin · relatives
Entitlement from origin
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- bequestGift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- estateProperty and grounds
tradition · trust · entailment · will · testament · succession · devolution · settlement
Eldest inherits all
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
regency · sovereignty · nobility · aristocracy · title · peerage · realm · coronation
descendants
Those who come after
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- scionsHeirs or plant shoots
children · heirs · bloodline · posterity · issue · kin · family · next of kin · relatives · generation
birthright
Entitlement from origin
estate · tradition · trust · entailment · will · testament · succession · devolution · settlement · legacy
primogeniture
Eldest inherits all
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
monarchy · regency · sovereignty · nobility · aristocracy · title · peerage · realm · coronation · lineage
fortune
Wealth or destiny
capital · funds · investments · treasure · estate · endowment · trusts · holdings · securities · real estate
- throne seekersusurpers, heirs, successors, pretenders, claimants
- ownershomeowner, homeowners, landowner, landlords, business owner
- lucky peoplelottery winners, prize winners, winners, born lucky
inheritorsancestors
Those from whom one descends
predecessors · forebears · progenitors · forefathers · antecedents