Synonyms of inheritors

inheritors

noun

plural of inheritor

as in heirs

a person who has the right to inherit property

someday that little boy will become the inheritor of one of the largest private fortunes in the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inheritors

Another challenge that may result is leaving large tax liabilities for future generations, particularly if the inheritors receive such funds during their peak earning years. — Monish Verma, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

These aren’t reluctant inheritors hoping for a windfall. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026

For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship. — Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026

The same thing goes for the writers of the past, who speak through their inheritors. — Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

That leaves Oseguera’s cadre of regional commanders as the most likely inheritors of his drug empire. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026

While families that own large companies used to expect or even require their kids to take over the family businesses, many of today's next-gen inheritors want to forge their own path. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025

This is challenging, in part because loneliness is such a familiar theme in the 21st-century Indian American novel (blame Jhumpa Lahiri and her literary inheritors). — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025