Antonyms of noun heir_apparent

1 sense of heir apparent

Sense 1
heir apparent -- (an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor)
       Antonym of heir presumptive (Sense 1)
      => heir presumptive -- (a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative)

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

1 sense of heir apparent

Sense 1
heir apparent -- (an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor)
       => heir, inheritor, heritor -- (a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another)