Synonyms for hereditary
həˈrɛd ɪˌtɛr ihered·i·ta·ry

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1. hereditary

   Synonyms:
   inherited, ancestral, lineal

   Antonyms:
   conferred, acquired, won

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1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

   Synonyms:
   familial, genic, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, genetical, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted, catching

   Antonyms:
   noninheritable, nonheritable

2. ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissibleadjective

   inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

   "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"

   Synonyms:
   familial, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, catching, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted

   Antonyms:
   noninheritable, nonheritable

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1. hereditaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   ancestral, patrimonial, by inheritance

2. hereditaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   inherited, transmitted (from ancestors)

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1. hereditaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   ancestral, patrimonial, inheritable, inherited

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1. List of paraphrases for "hereditary":

   heritable, inherited, genetic, inheritable

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How to use hereditary in a sentence?

1. Plato:

   Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

2. Francis Collins:

   What this study says quite definitively for diabetes is the vast majority of hereditary risk variants are in fact these common ones, and the rare ones, while they pop up here and there, are a much smaller contribution.

3. Sam Levenson:

   Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

4. Carl Sagan:

   A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

5. Thomas Paine:

   When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.