'Hereditary' definitions:
Definition of 'hereditary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" [syn: familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible]
adjective
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" [syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]
Definition of 'Hereditary'
From: GCIDE
- Hereditary \He*red"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. h['e]r['e]ditaire. See Heir.]
- 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
- Syn: Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hereditary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancestral,
- atavistic,
- bequeathed,
- bodily,
- born,
- coeval,
- congenital,
- connatal,
- connate,
- connatural,
- constitutional,
- genetic,
- genic,
- handed down,
- heritable,
- in the blood,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- incarnate,
- indigenous,
- inheritable,
- inherited,
- innate,
- instinctive,
- instinctual,
- matroclinous,
- native,
- native to,
- natural,
- natural to,
- organic,
- patrimonial,
- patroclinous,
- physical,
- plasmatic,
- plasmic,
- primal,
- protoplasmic,
- temperamental,
- traditional,
- transferable,
- transmissible,
- willed