Synonyms of heirs

heirs

noun

plural of heir

as in inheritors

a person who has the right to inherit property

upon his death, Mr. Parkworth's property was divided evenly among his heirs, four sons and three daughters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inheritors
• descendants
• legatees
• heiresses
• heirs at law
• successors
• claimants
• beneficiaries
• devisees
• assignees
• representatives
• grantees
• coheirs
• scions
• heirs apparent
• coheiresses
• succeeders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heirs

The changes include allowing the adoption of distant male relatives raised as commoners to become royals and father future heirs, and letting princesses keep their royal status after marrying commoners. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Several studies suggest Gen Z and millennial heirs are more likely to focus on systemic causes, like climate, health, human rights and international development, while boomers and Gen Xers tended to focus more on local institutions. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

That work had recently been restituted to the heirs of a Jewish Dutch collector family whose art was lost during the Nazi era. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

The company found that West did, in fact, have several legal heirs, according to the affidavit. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

The home takeover came to light when a real estate company bought the property from West’s heirs months later, the arrest affidavit said. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

The federal estate tax, which is paid by the estate rather than heirs, carries a top marginal rate of 40%, with a $15 million basic exclusion amount for people who die in 2026, according to the IRS. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

The top lot of the evening was an early Wassily Kandinsky painting, Das bunte Leben (1907), which was recently restituted to the heirs of the German Jewish art collector Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann in June 2023. — News Desk, Artforum, 15 Oct. 2026

One of those entities, Prince Legacy LLC, recently became embroiled in litigation when some of Prince’s heirs sought to fire the managers who had been hired to manage their share of the intellectual property rights. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026