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Definitions

heiress

[air-is] / ˈɛər ɪs /

NOUN

beneficiary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heir recipient

STRONG

assignee devisee donee grantee inheritor legatee payee possessor receiver stipendiary successor

WEAK

almsperson

Antonyms

WEAK

giver payer

NOUN

holder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buyer landowner partner purchaser

STRONG

governor heir heritor keeper legatee master possessor proprietor sharer squire

WEAK

heir-apparent titleholder

Antonyms

STRONGEST

seller

NOUN

owner

Synonyms

STRONGEST

holder landowner partner proprietor

STRONG

governor heir heritor keeper legatee possessor purchaser sharer squire

WEAK

heir-apparent something buyer titleholder

Antonyms

WEAK

leaser renter

NOUN

possessor

Synonyms

STRONG

beneficiary buyer heir holder inheritor laird landlady landlord landowner legatee lessee master occupant occupier partner proprietor proprietress purchaser retainer trustee

Antonyms

STRONG

seller

NOUN

scion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heir

STRONG

branch brood child graft issue junior offspring progeny seed shoot sprout successor twig

WEAK

begotten chip off old block

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

cause root source

Example Sentences

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A Harvard-educated attorney and Vanderbilt heiress, Burden, 56, writes candidly about how she ceded control of her finances to her ex during their 20-year marriage, trusting him to act in her best interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Thomas Pynchon hasn’t lost a step with his 1930s tale about the misadventures of a Milwaukee cheese heiress and the detective that travels to proto-fascist Budapest to find her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Originally developed by Prescott T. Stevens for a Chicago heiress, the compound was designed to impress—an ethos that still very much defines it today.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

The heiress previously acknowledged criticism she got online for her privileged position.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Somebody told me later she was a paper-mill heiress from the Midwest.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

heiress

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