Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of inherit
adjectiveinherited (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoccurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech zděděný, poděděný
- zděděnýobtained via an inheritance
- poděděnýobtained via an inheritance
Dutch geërfd, erfelijk
- geërfdobtained via an inheritance
- erfelijkinherited diseases etc.
Esperanto heredita
- hereditaobtained via an inheritance
Finnish peritty, perintö-
- perittyobtained via an inheritance
- perintö-obtained via an inheritance
- perinnöllineninherited diseases etc.
German übernommen, geerbt
- übernommenobtained via an inheritance
- geerbtinherited diseases etc.
Norwegian Bokmål arvelig
- arveliginherited diseases etc.
Cite this entry
APA
inherited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inherited
MLA
“inherited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inherited. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inherited,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inherited.
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