English dictionary

heir

/(@)/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

noun.person

Synonyms heritor inheritor

Source: WordNet 3.0
a person who inherits some title or office

noun.person

Synonyms successor

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.

noun

Source: webster1913