ADJECTIVE | all | hereditary, familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible | occurring among members of a family usually by heredity |
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all | hereditary, ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent |
Sounds | hhereh'dahteh.riy | |
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Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. | |
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Synonyms | familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible | |
Broader | inheritable, heritable | Capable of being inherited |
Spanish | familiar, genético, heredado, hereditario, inherente, transimisible, transmisible | |
Catalan | genètic, hereditari | |
Nouns | heredity | the total of inherited attributes |
heredity | the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next |
Meaning | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. | |
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Example | "hereditary monarchy" | |
Synonyms | ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | inheritable, heritable | Capable of being inherited |
Spanish | ancestral, hereditario, patrimonial, transmisible | |
Catalan | ancestral, hereditari, patrimonial, transmissible |
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