INHERITABLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Capable of being inherited

Example:

an inheritable title

Synonyms:

heritable; inheritable

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ancestral; hereditary; patrimonial; transmissible (inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent)

familial; genetic; hereditary; inherited; transmissible; transmitted (occurring among members of a family usually by heredity)

monogenic (of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes)

polygenic (of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes)

inheriting (having the legal right to inherit)

nee ((meaning literally 'born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman)

Antonym:

noninheritable (not inheritable)