Synonyms for inherit
ɪnˈhɛr ɪtin·her·it

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1. inherit

   Synonyms:
   occupy, possess, enjoy

   Antonyms:
   acquire, earn, gain, squander, alienate, dissipate, bequeath, leave, demise, devise

Princeton's WordNet

1. inheritverb

   obtain from someone after their death

   "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"

2. inheritverb

   receive from a predecessor

   "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"

3. inheritverb

   receive by genetic transmission

   "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"

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1. inheritverb

   Synonyms:
   take from ancestors, take by inheritance, come into possession of as an heir

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1. List of paraphrases for "inherit":

   inheriting, inheritance, succession, successor, legacy

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1. Wendell Berry:

   We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. (Actually appearing as "a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children" in _The Unforeseen Wilderness: An Essay on Kentucky’s Red River Gorge_, published 1971)

2. Elizabeth Warren:

   They don't care about the money and when you say, you know, Mike didn't inherit it, he earned it, (that's a) big plus.

3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   We must not let our children, grandchildren, and even further generations to come, who have nothing to do with that war, be predestined to apologize, still, even so, we Japanese, across generations, must squarely face the history of the past. We have the responsibility to inherit the past, in all humbleness, and pass it on to the future.

4. Robert Oxton Bolt:

   No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humaneness.

5. Kin Hubbard:

   It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it.