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Synonyms for successor
səkˈsɛs ərsuc·ces·sor
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Wiktionary
successornoun
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predecessorsuccessornoun
George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
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predecessorsuccessornoun
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predecessorsuccessornoun
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predecessorsuccessornoun
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predecessor
Princeton's WordNet
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, heirsuccessornoun
a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
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heir, replacementsuccessor, heirnoun
a person who inherits some title or office
Synonyms:
heir, heritor, inheritor, replacement
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
successornoun
Synonyms:
follower
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
successornoun
Antonyms:
predecessor
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "successor":
successors, khalifa, succession, heir, inherit, khalaf, khalifah, inheritance, follow-up, follow-on, behind
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1531 | behind | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2564 | replacement | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#6032 | substitute | |
#6111 | renewal | |
#8937 | replacing | |
#11441 | substitution | |
#11534 | inheritance | |
#12997 | successor | |
#13762 | succession | |
#21257 | inherit | |
#22082 | heir | |
#22084 | successors | |
#25626 | surrogate | |
#32657 | permutation | |
#41654 | replenishment | |
#42525 | transposition | |
#44635 | refilling | |
#65534 | khalifa | |
#126627 | khalaf | |
#151338 | inheritor | |
#227477 | khalifah |
How to use successor in a sentence?
The United Nations Secretary-General had a good working relationship with Nikki Haley and looks forward to Nikki Haley successor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for successor
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- خليفةArabic
- nástupce, následníkCzech
- Nachfolger, NachfolgerinGerman
- posteulo, heredonto, sekvantoEsperanto
- sucesorSpanish
- manttelinperijä, vallanperijä, seuraaja, kruununperijäFinnish
- successeurFrench
- penerus, pewarisIndonesian
- eftirfariIcelandic
- successore, eredeItalian
- יוֹרֵשׁHebrew
- 後任, 相続人, 後継者, 継承者Japanese
- ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿKannada
- successorem,Latin
- whakakapiMāori
- etterkommerNorwegian
- następnik, następcaPolish
- наследник, преемница, правопреемница, преемник, правопреемник, наследницаRussian
- efterfSwedish
- mwandamiziSwahili
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