What is another word for successor?
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?
I think there is tension inherently because you have a president who is still president who has certain points that he wants to press and certain directions he wants to lead and he wants his successor to go, he probably has a good deal of confidence in his political judgment and thinks he knows best.
2016 is part of the calculus here, the closer we get to the election, the more this President is going to put a premium on maximizing the chances for his successor.
Throughout their seven-decade history, their successors have always been a mystery to us. Why would they change their mode of operation now? So if I were to bet $5, I would say she is not the successor.
This time it was France that was attacked, there is no war-weariness in France like there is in the U.K. or the U.S. There is no sense that Chirac, (successor Nicolas) Sarkozy or Hollande has lied to the French people.
A successor will create another centre of power, which is what Mugabe has been fighting by dismantling Mujuru's pillars of support, mugabe may give an impression that those appointed stand a good chance of succeeding him, but he is consolidating and will remain the centre of gravity in the party and state.
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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