Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heir

2 senses of heir

Sense 1
heir, inheritor, heritor -- (a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another)
       => recipient, receiver -- (a person who receives something)

Sense 2
successor, heir -- (a person who inherits some title or office)
       => offspring, progeny, issue -- (the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue")