Qualities
Synonyms for inheritance
Synonyms for inheritance: heritage and bequest. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for inheritance
Interchangeable with inheritance in this sense
Audited under inheritance's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one inheritance carries in that sense.
- heritagenoun, in the sense "any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name inheritance as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- bequestbequest is a noun in the sense "money or property left to someone in a will"
one of these comes from inheritance's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
My only inheritance was my mother's blessing.
The true synonym
heritage
Same sentence, swapped: My only heritage was my mother's blessing.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- infinite
- depth
- devise
Where inheritance turns up in the game
inheritance is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where inheritance is the trap
- tithenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is contribution, in the sense "a portion of income given, traditionally a tenth, especially to a church", and inheritance is on the board beside it.
Play inheritance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so inheritance reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. inheritance carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.