Dictionary Definition
successor
Noun
1 a person who follows next in order; "he was
President Lincoln's successor" [syn: replacement]
2 a thing or person that immediately replaces
something or someone
3 a person who inherits some title or office
[syn: heir]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- A person or thing that immediately follows another
in holding an office or
title.
- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
- The next heir in order or succession.
- A person who inherits a title or office
- In the context of "arithmetics": The integer immediately following another
Antonyms
Translations
person or thing that immediately follows another
- Czech: následník
- Finnish: seuraaja
- German: Nachfolger
- Italian: successore
- Japanese: 後任, 後継者, 継承者
next heir in order or succession
- Finnish: seuraaja, manttelinperijä, kruununperijä
- German: Nachfolger
- Italian: erede
- Japanese: 相続人
person who inherits a title or office
- Finnish: seuraaja, vallanperijä
- German: Nachfolger
- Italian: successore
- Japanese: 後任, 後継者, 継承者
integer immediately following another
- Finnish: seuraaja
- ttbc Dutch: opvolger , opvolgster
Extensive Definition
A successor can refer to
- Someone who, or something which succeeds or comes after (see success and succession).
In mathematics:
In music:
- Successor, an album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica.
successor in German: Nachfolger
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adherent, aftermath, apparent heir,
appendage, attendant, backup man,
beneficiary heir, buff,
cavaliere servente, conclusion, consequence, coparcener, courtier, dangler, dependent, descendant, disciple, dynasty, effect, fan, fideicommissary heir, fiduciary
heir, flunky, follower, following, hanger-on, heir, heir apparent, heir
expectant, heir general, heir in tail, heir of entail, heir of
inventory, heir of line, heir portioner, heir presumptive, heir
whatsoever, heiress,
henchman, heritor, homme de cour, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, joint heir,
line, lineage, next in line, offspring, orphan, parasite, partisan, posterity, presumptive heir,
public, pursuer, pursuivant, relict, remainderman, replacement, reversioner, satellite, sectary, sequel, shadow, stooge, supporter, survivor, tagtail, tail, trainbearer, votary, ward heeler, widow, widower