Adjective hereditary has 2 senses
- familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible - tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
Antonyms: noninheritable, nonheritable (indirect, via inheritable)
- ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
Antonyms: noninheritable, nonheritable (indirect, via inheritable)
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