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

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019