English dictionary

successor

/s/@/k's/E/s/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a person who follows next in order

noun.person

Examples
He was President Lincoln's successor.

Synonyms replacement

Source: WordNet 3.0
a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

noun.cognition

Source: WordNet 3.0
a person who inherits some title or office

noun.person

Synonyms heir

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to <i>predecessor</i>; as, the <i>successor</i> of a deceased king.

noun

Source: webster1913