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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heredities
  1. genealogies
  2. blood
  3. relatives
  4. successions
  5. family trees
  6. families
  7. races
Noun
  • The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
    — Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of genealogies
Noun
  • Kevin McCarthy captured a spectacular view as the eclipsed moon shone blood red in the skies over North Carolina, after a brief weather scare!
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But unlike these flesh-and-blood examples, Miss Piggy doesn’t experience the discrimination of aging.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of blood
Noun
  • Richard Gere’s Life Now The actor moved to his wife’s home country of Spain with their two sons at the end of 2024 so Silva could be closer to her relatives.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • One day, her teen-age daughter, on the way to choir practice, witnessed ICE detaining someone outside her bus; Bre sent her children to stay with relatives in the suburbs.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of relatives
Noun
  • France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Helaena, however, is not concerned with thrones or successions.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of successions
Noun
  • Some branches of those family trees are relatively recent, while others extend much further into the past.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader.
    — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of family trees
Noun
  • Demographic experts are cautiously optimistic about the new scheme, which appears to offer more sustained and holistic support for families.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The gesture continues a pattern for Swift, who has a long history of quietly funding GoFundMe campaigns for fans and strangers facing medical emergencies, including past donations to families affected by natural disasters and accidents.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of families
Noun
  • In races across the country, former GOP politicians are leaning into their pasts.
    — Mariana Alfaro, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2026
  • His Olympics paintings capture the energy of soccer matches, foot races, and the joy and diversity of sport.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of races
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“Heredities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredities. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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