Synonyms for successor
səkˈsɛs ərsuc·ces·sor

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1. successornoun

   Antonyms:
   predecessor

2. successornoun

   George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.

   Antonyms:
   predecessor

3. successornoun

   Antonyms:
   predecessor

4. successornoun

   Antonyms:
   predecessor

5. successornoun

   Antonyms:
   predecessor

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1. successor, replacementnoun

   a person who follows next in order

   "he was President Lincoln's successor"

   Synonyms:
   switch, alternate, substitute, renewal, replacement, transposition, surrogate, refilling, replenishment, substitution, replacing, permutation, heir

2. successornoun

   a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

   Synonyms:
   heir, replacement

3. successor, heirnoun

   a person who inherits some title or office

   Synonyms:
   heir, heritor, inheritor, replacement

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1. successornoun

   Synonyms:
   follower

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1. successornoun

   Antonyms:
   predecessor

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1. List of paraphrases for "successor":

   successors, khalifa, succession, heir, inherit, khalaf, khalifah, inheritance, follow-up, follow-on, behind

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1. President Trump:

   The United Nations Secretary-General had a good working relationship with Nikki Haley and looks forward to Nikki Haley successor.

2. Mondaire Jones:

   When I became the first person in Congress to call for Justice Breyer to retire now, while President Biden can still appoint a successor, some people asked whether it was necessary, yes. Yes, it is.

3. The President:

   I'm absolutely convinced that we will have a Democratic successor as president, i believe we will take back the United States Senate. I think we will make real progress with respect to the House. But it depends on people feeling as if that can happen, and being engaged and working just as hard and just as full of hope as they did in 2008. And that's going to depend on me, but it's also going to depend on you. It's going to depend on each of us.

4. William Daroff:

   The pro-Israel community wants there to be cooperation and collaboration between our two governments, and if the meeting turns out being the reset that both sides look like they want, then that will certainly be beneficial to allies of the President and his political successor, if Obama and Netanyahu are able to turn the page, reset, have a love fest -- I think it will serve Democratic candidates well.

5. Mullah Mohammad Omar:

   When Mullah Omar was alive, he maintained a public distance from al Qaeda that his successor Mullah Mansour has not, i think this is in part because Mansour lacks the legitimacy of Omar.