- a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
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suc•ces•sor /səkˈsɛsɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
- a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.
suc•ces•sor
(sək ses′ər),USA pronunciation n.
suc•ces′sor•al, adj.
- a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
- a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Latin, equivalent. to succed-, variant stem of succēdere to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt
ss; replacing Middle English successour - 1250–1300
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successor /səkˈsɛsə/ n
'successor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Antoninus Pius
- apostolic
- Apostolic See
- caliph
- CENTO
- Charles VI
- Creon
- demise
- devolve
- Elisha
- Ferdinand VII
- Hadrian
- Joshua
- lame duck
- Nerva
- Omdurman
- Pentheus
- Stephen
- World Trade Organization
- Abu-Bakr
- adiadochokinesia
- Ahaziah
- Amaziah
- antecedent
- Augustus
- collegiate church
- Commodus
- Conservative party
- David
- deputy
- devolution
- Eleazar
- Elizabeth I
- epigone
- Fifth Republic
- hand
- incomer
- interregnum
- Ish-bosheth
- Joash
- key
- kopeck
- Moral Re-Armament
- pick
- Rehoboam
- Richard II
- ruble
- tanist
- Uzziah
- vent