heiress

Noun

Meaning

A female heir.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inheritress inheritrix dauphin squire laird assignee child governor daughter partner receiver owner offspring heir holder

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Antonyms

lady man cause father mother assistant

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Hypernyms

heir inheritor heritor

Phrases with the word

heiress presumptive heiress apparent half heiress heiress devisee respective heiress titular heiress

Examples

A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend. Paris Hilton

When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans. Mary McCarthy

It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was. Paris Hilton

You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one. Paris Hilton

If you are not the heiress born, And I," said he, "the lawful heir, We two will wed to-morrow morn, And you shall still be Lady Clare. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I'm glad I was never an heiress. Antonia Fraser

Close letter words and terms

heir-loom heirdom heire heiress acquirer heiress apparent heiress assignee