Need another word that means the same as “heritage”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “heritage” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Heritage” are: inheritance, birthright, patrimony, tradition, history, background, culture, customs, past, classic
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “heritage” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| background | Low-intensity radiation from radioisotopes present in the natural environment. They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals. |
| birthright | An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture. Free public education is the birthright of every American child. |
| classic | An artist who has created classic works. His books have become classics. |
| culture | A refined understanding or appreciation of culture. The reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture. |
| customs | The official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods. A customs officer. |
| history | The aggregate of past events. Medieval European history. |
| inheritance | Attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents. I don t want a penny of your inheritance. |
| past | A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past. Forget the past. |
| patrimony | A church endowment. An organization that saves the world s cultural patrimony by restoring historic buildings. |
| tradition | An inherited pattern of thought or action. Members of different castes have by tradition been associated with specific occupations. |
| accustomed | Customary; usual. His accustomed thoroughness. |
| bequeath | Pass (something) on or leave (something) to someone else. He ditched the unpopular policies bequeathed to him. |
| bequest | A gift of personal property by will. A painting acquired by bequest. |
| conventional | Rigidly formal or bound by convention. Conventional bourgeois lives. |
| cultural | Relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society. Influenced by ethnic and cultural ties. |
| custom | Regular dealings with a shop or business by customers. Custom demanded that a person should have gifts for the child. |
| customary | According to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances. It is customary to mark an occasion like this with a toast. |
| descendants | All of the offspring of a given progenitor. |
| disinherit | Change one’s will or take other steps to prevent (someone) from inheriting one’s property. The Duke is seeking to disinherit his eldest son. |
| dower | Give a dowry to. A dower house. |
| ethnic | A person who is a member of an ethnic group. Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. |
| executor | A person who produces something or puts something into effect. The makers and executors of policy. |
| family | A taxonomic group containing one or more genera. I could not turn him away for he was family. |
| habitual | Regular; usual. His habitual comment. |
| heir | A person who inherits some title or office. They saw themselves as heirs of the Cubists. |
| inheritance | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents. He came into a comfortable inheritance. |
| legacy | An amount of money or property left to someone in a will. Being a legacy increased a student s chance of being accepted to a highly selective college by up to 45 per cent. |
| miscegenation | The interbreeding of people considered to be of different racial types. They believe in miscegenation as the answer to world peace. |
| mom | Informal terms for a mother. My mom gave us each a slice of pizza. |
| posterity | The descendants of a person. God offered Abraham a posterity like the stars of heaven. |
| preservation | The state of being preserved, especially to a specified degree. Food preservation. |
| primeval | (of emotion or behaviour) strongly instinctive and unreasoning. Mile after mile of primeval forest. |
| primogeniture | The right of succession belonging to the firstborn child, especially the feudal rule by which the whole real estate of an intestate passed to the eldest son. |
| regular | A regular patron. Took his regular morning walk. |
| renaissance | The revival of learning and culture. |
| seniority | A privileged position earned by reason of longer service or higher rank. 26 archbishops and bishops in order of seniority. |
| testator | A person who has made a will or given a legacy. |
| tradition | A doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures. Members of different castes have by tradition been associated with specific occupations. |
| traditional | Consisting of or derived from tradition. The traditional festivities of the Church year. |
| will | Leave or give by will after one s death. Accidents will happen. |
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