successor
Pluralsuccessors
- 1The person or thing that comes next in holding a job, title, or position.
Like the next runner in a relay race who takes over when the first one stops.
The mayor named her successor before leaving office.
Everyone wondered who the old chairman's successor would be.
Similarreplacement, heir
Oppositepredecessor
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- 2Someone who takes over a title or job by inheriting it from another person.
Like taking over your parent's shop after they retire.
When his father died, he became the successor to the title.
She was named successor and inherited the entire estate.
Similarheir
Oppositepredecessor
- 3The next person in line to receive a title, property, or position.
Like being next in line at a store, waiting for your turn.
Her oldest daughter is the successor to the family business.
As next in line, the prince is the successor to the throne.
Similarheir
Oppositepredecessor
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- 4The number that comes right after another, found by adding one.
Like the next house number on a street: always one more than the last.
The successor of 7 is 8.
Every whole number has a successor that is one larger.
Oppositepredecessor
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Origin
From Latin successor, which came into English through Anglo-Norman successour.