HEREDITIES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

heredities

noun

plural of heredity

as in genealogies

formal the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child Heredity plays no part in the disease.

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Noun

The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.

— Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025

Definition of genealogies

Noun

Investigators looked over the woman’s vehicle and discovered a bullet hole through the passenger-side window and blood in the car.

— Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
He was orphaned at 13 and raised by his brother Frank, an experience that shaped his belief that family is built through showing up for people, not just blood.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of blood

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There are emotional ramifications as well as financial ones when leaving money to relatives.

— R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
In 1934 Owens, her children, and other relatives migrated to the southern San Joaquin Valley, looking for work.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of relatives

Noun

Helaena, however, is not concerned with thrones or successions.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of successions

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Skeptics say such psychic profilers do more harm than good by wasting police resources and exploiting grieving families.

— Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Saturday’s statement alleged that Qatar had not allowed the pilots to meet or communicate with families or Iranian officials handling their cases.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of families

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But in some of the most critical races that will help decide control of the next Congress, several Democrats are openly sharing how their faith shapes them and their politics.

— Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
As a consequence, Chicagoland no longer had any races luring the best horses in North America, a major blow to the prestige of the circuit.

— Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

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