Antonyms for succession
səkˈsɛʃ ənsuc·ces·sion

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1. succession

   Sequence and succession apply to events viewed as following one another; time and duration denote something conceived of as enduring while events take place and acts are done. According to the necessary conditions of human thought, events are contained in time as objects are in space, time existing before the event, measuring it as it passes, and still existing when the event is past. Duration and succession are more general words than time; we can speak of infinite or eternal duration or succession, but time is commonly contrasted with eternity. Time is measured or measurable duration.

   Synonyms:
   age, date, duration, eon, epoch, era, period, season, sequence, term, time, while

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. succession

   Antonyms:
   precedence, anticipation, prevention, antecedence, irregularity, disorder, non-sequence, solution, failure, intermission, break, gap, inconsecutiveness

   Synonyms:
   following, supervention, consecution, sequence, order, series, rotation, continuity, supply, suite

Matched Categories

1. • Acquisition
   • Ecology
   • Natural Process
   • Order
   • Series

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.8 / 11 votes

1. sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological successionnoun

   a following of one thing after another in time

   "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

   Synonyms:
   taking over, sequence, successiveness, ecological succession, chronological sequence, chronological succession, episode

2. successionnoun

   a group of people or things arranged or following in order

   "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"

   Synonyms:
   chronological succession, sequence, successiveness, chronological sequence, ecological succession, taking over

3. succession, sequencenoun

   the action of following in order

   "he played the trumps in sequence"

   Synonyms:
   taking over, sequence, successiveness, ecological succession, chronological sequence, chronological succession, episode

4. succession, ecological successionnoun

   (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

   Synonyms:
   chronological succession, sequence, successiveness, chronological sequence, ecological succession, taking over

5. succession, taking overnoun

   acquisition of property by descent or by will

   Synonyms:
   chronological succession, sequence, successiveness, chronological sequence, ecological succession, taking over

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1. successionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sequence, consecution, chain, line, series

How to use succession in a sentence?

1. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:

   Life is just a quick succession of busy nothings.

2. Wendy Bosberry-Scott:

   If the Queen had not issued a Letters Patent in 2012, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis would now be styled as the children of a Duke, the 2012 Letters Patent was a reflection of the then upcoming changes to the Succession to the Crown Act, which in 2013 ended the system of male primogeniture, and meant that Princess Charlotte kept Princess Charlotte place in the line of succession when Princess Charlotte younger brother was born.

3. John Legere:

   A CEO with a board that doesn't have a good succession plan, fails, it's Mike's time. He's ready.

4. Michelle Young:

   With that kind of camera, you can take quick photos in rapid succession, so I ended up making this stop action movie of the whole evening, from start to finish, a lot of that footage was just taken along the Seine, with the lights of Paris. And so even if he was unintentionally on a date, it was still a magical introduction to France.

5. Donald Trump:

   I can give you a little hint : It will have to do with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and succession.

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