successor
/səkˈsɛsə//səkˈsɛsɚ/
successor noun: a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
Noun
successor (plural successors)
- 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.
- They haven't yet named her successor.
- Synonyms:
- aftercomer
- The next heir in order or succession.
- A person who inherits a title or office.
- The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
- A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
successor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
successor in Hindi
- person or thing that immediately follows another
- उत्तराधिकारी uttarādhikārī
- next heir in order or succession
- उत्तराधिकारी uttarādhikārī, वारिस vāris
- person who inherits a title or office
- उत्तराधिकारी uttarādhikārī
- integer or cardinal immediately following another
- परवर्ती parvartī, उत्तरवर्ती uttarvartī
successor in Tamil
- பிறங்கடை, கால் வழியினர், கால்வழியினர், தோன்றலர், பின்னவர், பின்வருநர்
successor in Marathi
- उत्तराधिकारी
successor in Urdu
- next heir in order or succession
- وارث vāris
More languagesFewer languages
- successor in Bengali
- উত্তরাধিকারী, স্থলাভিষিক্ত ব্যক্তি
- successor in Malayalam
- പിൻഗാമി piṉgāmi, അനന്തരവൻ anantaravaṉ
- successor in Kannada
- ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ತರುವಾಯದವನು, ಮುಂದಿನವನು, ಮರುಪಡೆಗ
- successor in Punjabi
- ਜਾਨਸ਼ੀਨ jānaśīn
- successor in Gujarati
- ઉત્તરાધિકારી
- successor in Sanskrit
- उत्तराधिकारिणी uttarādhikāriṇī
- successor in Nepali
- उत्तराधिकारी, उत्तराधिकारीको
- successor in Arabic
- خَلِيف ḵalīf, وَارِث wāriṯ, وَارِثَة wāriṯa
- successor in Indonesian
- penerus, pewaris
- successor in Persian
- وارث vâres
- successor in Thai
- ผู้สืบมรดก, ผู้สืบตำแหน่ง
Examples of successor in a sentence
- After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.2003, Tu Cheng-sheng, translated by Paul Cooper, Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century, →OCLC, →OL...
- As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
Synonyms of successor
Antonyms
Forms of successor
| plural | successors |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | successour |
Origin of successor
From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
Words formed from successor
Phrases with successor
Questions about successor
- What does successor mean?
- Successor means a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
- What is successor in Hindi?
- Successor in Hindi is उत्तराधिकारी (uttarādhikārī), वारिस (vāris), परवर्ती (parvartī). See Successor meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use successor in a sentence?
- After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.
- What part of speech is successor?
- Successor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce successor?
- Successor is pronounced /səkˈsɛsə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of successor?
- The plural of successor is successors.
Words near successor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: successor (page history and authors); successor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); successor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); successor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അനന്തരവൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); successor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਾਨਸ਼ੀਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); successor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उत्तराधिकारिणी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); successor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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