sonless
Lacking male offspring
Sonless means without a son or sons.
The word describes someone, typically a parent, who has no male offspring: The king died sonless, leaving no male heir to the throne.
It appears most often in historical or literary contexts where male lineage carries particular significance.
Having no inheritor
- intestateHaving made no will
- estateProperty and grounds
- successionFollowing in order
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
entailment · primogeniture · bequest · legacy · probate · testator · beneficiary · will
Having no inheritor
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
genealogy · succession · posterity · progeny · heritage · pedigree · family · clan
Lacking any offspring
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
anguish · heartache · yearning · longing · void · absence · lamentation · melancholy
heirless
Having no inheritor
- intestateHaving made no will
- estateProperty and grounds
- successionFollowing in order
patrimony · entailment · primogeniture · bequest · legacy · probate · testator · beneficiary · will · executor
heirless
Having no inheritor
descent · genealogy · succession · posterity · progeny · heritage · pedigree · family · clan · line
childlessness
Lacking any offspring
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
sorrow · anguish · heartache · yearning · longing · void · absence · lamentation · melancholy · despair