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Successor

/səkˈsɛsə(ɹ)/

A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

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📖 Definitions of "Successor"

noun

1
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
"George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US."
2
The next heir in order or succession.
3
A person who inherits a title or office.
4
The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
"A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal."

🔄 Synonyms of "Successor"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
replacementnoun	A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
heirnoun	Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Successor"

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Word	Definition
replacementnoun	A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
heirnoun	Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
predecessornoun	One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
successionnoun	An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
succeedverb	(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
followingnoun	A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
follow-onnoun	(often attributive) Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression.
follow-upnoun	A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
substitutenoun	A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
inheritverb	(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
legacynoun	Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.
intendednoun	Fiancé or fiancée.
notificationnoun	(countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.
inheritancenoun	The passing of title to an estate upon death.
futurenoun	The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
newnoun	(with the, invariable plural only) Things that are new.
estatenoun	The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
heiressnoun	A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
alternatenoun	(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
replaceverb	(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.