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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How to use successor in a sentence?

1. Ingo Speich:

   The search for a successor to Piech at the top of the supervisory board has the utmost priority for investors.

2. Julia Schnitzler:

   At that age you lack perspective and you have a limited horizon, so you wonder why you should keep developing your firm and if you haven't sorted out a successor, you wonder: Who's even going to take this on anyway? So clearly you don't invest in those circumstances.

3. Kim Kim Il Sung Chang:

   The reason is that the regime right now is in chaos, theres no designated successor.

4. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   I feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built. (On construction of reviewing stands for inauguration of his successor John F Kennedy)

5. Brian Fonseca:

   Both sides are going to be sizing each other up, especially since DeSantis has been pitched as the successor to former President Donald Trump, everyone will be looking at the optics carefully.