Definition for Successor:

• a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

Synonyms for Successor:

• n.

  •
  • standby,
  • stand in,
  • metaphor.
  •
  • colleague,
  • opposite number,
  • relief,
  • counterpart,
  • subordinate,
  • associate,
  • superior,
  • junior,
  • workmate,
  • co-worker.
  •beneficiary (noun)
  • heiress,
  • legatee,
  • almsperson,
  • legatees,
  • grantees,
  • inheritor,
  • Stipendiaries,
  • inheritors,
  • payees,
  • stipendiary,
  • receiver,
  • assignee,
  • donee,
  • heiresses,
  • devisee,
  • donees,
  • grantee,
  • payee,
  • assignees.
  •candidate (noun)
  • jobhunter,
  • writeins,
  • officeseekers,
  • write-ins,
  • solicitants,
  • job-hunters,
  • whistle-stoppers,
  • possible choices,
  • favorite sons,
  • job hunters,
  • write ins,
  • jobhunters,
  • officeseeker,
  • writein,
  • whistlestopper,
  • handshakers,
  • whistle stoppers,
  • office-seekers,
  • office seekers,
  • whistlestoppers,
  • whistle stopper,
  • job hunter.
  •cognition (noun)
  • successor.
  •heir (noun)
  • descendant,
  • replacement,
  • follower,
  • heir apparent.
  •posterity (noun)
  • child,
  • fruit,
  • lineage,
  • issue,
  • Family,
  • posterity.
  •scion (noun)
  • be-gotten,
  • begottens,
  • be gotten.
  •standby (noun)
  • Temps,
  • stalwarts,
  • temporaries,
  • pinch-hitter,
  • temp.
  •substitute (noun)
  • locum,
  • procurators,
  • succedaneum,
  • temporary expedient,
  • supplanter,
  • substitute,
  • vicar,
  • locum tenens,
  • changeling,
  • dernier ressort,
  • changelings,
  • procurator,
  • understudy,
  • Succedanea.
  •understudy (noun)
  • standbyes,
  • under study,
  • stand-byes,
  • stand byes,
  • under-study,
  • under studies,
  • under-studies.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ring in.
  •replacement
  • pinch hitter.

Paraphrases for Successor:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    subsequent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    causes, kills, Leaves.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    replacement, heiress, precursor.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    succession.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    heir, predecessor, succession, substitute, continuation.

Successor Sentence Examples:

• God favored me with the blessing of being her successor in that holy exercise.

• After this shabby way of disposing of an old favourite he had to look out for a successor, and after dinner went again into the fair where, after a critical search, he saw for sale an animal likely to suit him, which took his fancy from its resemblance to his old favourite of twenty years before.

Hyponym for Successor:

• n.

  • cognition
    replacement, substitute.
  • person
    compeer, peer, equal, match.