Synonyms for heiress


Grammar : Noun
Spell : air-is
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛər ɪs

Top 10 synonyms for heiress Other synonyms for the word heiress

Définition of heiress

Origin :
  • 1650s, from heir + -ess.
  • As in owner : noun person who has possession of
  • As in scion : noun offshoot, descendant
  • As in beneficiary : noun person who gains, benefits
  • As in possessor : noun owner
  • As in holder : noun owner
Example sentences :
  • A man sent me this morning a copy of verses to the heiress of Bannow.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It is not often that the heiress of a million or thereabouts is quite so readily disposed of.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • I s'pose he wasn't going to take any chances of losing his heiress.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • Heathcroft evidently had not told her of the Warwickshire heiress.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • My brother is a rich man, and my daughter may be his heiress.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • They know that his father is a millionaire, and his sweetheart an heiress in her own right.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • She was an heiress in those days, I 've heard, and a beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • What right had this lazy Englishman to come in and marry its heiress?
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • How shocked Jay Gardiner would be when he heard that she was—an heiress!
  • Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • Though two-and-twenty only, she stood there orphan, heiress, and widow.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various

Antonyms for heiress

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