Synonyms of heredity

heredity

noun

as in blood

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.

Related Words

• blood
• genealogy
• succession
• breeding
• relatives
• ancestry
• birth
• family
• origin
• lineage
• race
• parentage
• extraction
• pedigree
• bloodline
• strain
• descent
• relations
• family tree
• stock
• house
• line
• kin
• kindred

Dissimilar Words

• offspring
• son
• child
• heir
• successor
• issue
• progeny
• seed
• posterity
• inheritor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heredity

To truly understand genes and heredity, researchers had to learn to read the DNA code. — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025

In short, heredity advancement driven by desire. — D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025

For people who are profoundly deaf, there is an interruption of the sound signal to the auditory nerve, which can be caused by illness, trauma, or heredity. — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2022

The institution of the caliphate, now based on the twin principles of force and heredity, was further degraded from the middle of the tenth century with the rise of Turko-Persian military fiefdoms. — Mohammed Ayoob, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2016