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successor

/səkˈsɛsɚ/noun3 syllables

Successor means: a person who follows next in order.

Synonyms for successor5

noun, as in a person who follows next in order

replacement

noun, as in a person who inherits some title or office

heir

also used for successor

aftercomer, succeeder, successour

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What does successor mean?3

noun

1

a person who follows next in order“he was President Lincoln's successor”

2

a person who inherits some title or office

3

a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with successor?5

two syllables

lesserdresser

three syllables

professorcompressoraggressor
Show 40 near rhymes
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Successor in a sentence

  • Children are our successors, our future, the continuation of the people's life.astyng
  • The matter of his successor is still under debate.unknown
  • Two is the only prime whose successor is prime.gleki
  • He passed on the torch to his successor.rul
  • I want to leave things in good order for my successor.Aghanim
  • His successors slowly undid his popular economic reforms.papabear
  • Are we not ourselves creating our successors in the supremacy of the earth?naXa
  • After naming his successor, he died.carlosalberto

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Forms of successor

as a noun

plural
successors