INHERITABLE Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

inheritable

adjective

in-ˈher-ə-tə-bəl

Definition of inheritable

as in hereditary

genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring eye color is an inheritable trait

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Recent Examples of inheritable Citizenship strategy has moved from a fringe consideration to standard practice among high-net-worth families, with parents and grandparents increasingly viewing passports as a form of inheritable wealth. — Alex Ohnona, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 These shares are also inheritable, allowing them to be passed on to heirs. — Daniela Sanjinés, The Conversation, 22 July 2025 Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality. — Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inheritable

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In 1990, a University of California, Berkeley, team led by Mary-Claire King identified the location of the BRCA1 gene, the first gene linked to hereditary breast cancer.

— Karen E. Knudsen, STAT, 27 Oct. 2026
Japanese lawmakers are reforming the country’s more-than-a-millennia-old continuous hereditary monarchy in an effort to keep it alive amid a shrinking imperial family.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of hereditary

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The agency analyzed the genetic sequence of the virus from the person who died in Washington and found no changes that would make the virus spread more easily or cause more severe illness, a CDC spokesperson said.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
The costs of the medications to stimulate her ovaries to produce eggs, the donor eggs they would be combined with, and genetic testing for any resulting embryos, were not.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of genetic

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Miller makes the statistical adjustments required to nail the probabilities inherent in the prices.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Curic and his team have dialed down the caricature and delivered elegance to go with the innate drama of the vehicle, which is less obviously in hock to downforce or to the cooling demands inherent with other McLarens.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026

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