Definitions for successor
səkˈsɛs ərsuc·ces·sor

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. successor, replacement(noun)

   a person who follows next in order

   "he was President Lincoln's successor"

2. successor(noun)

   a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

3. successor, heir(noun)

   a person who inherits some title or office

Wiktionary(4.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. successor(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.

2. successor(Noun)

   The next heir in order or succession.

3. successor(Noun)

   A person who inherits a title or office

4. successor(Noun)

   The integer immediately following another

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Successor(noun)

   one who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king

Origin: [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.]

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1. Successor

   Successor is an EP by Sonata Arctica, released through Spinefarm Records on August 7, 2000.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'successor' in Nouns Frequency: #1864

How to pronounce successor?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say successor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of successor in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of successor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of successor in a Sentence

1. Lisa Monaco:

   Why hand over this albatross to the president’s successor?

2. Mitch McConnell:

   We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy successor this fall.

3. Staff Denis McDonough on Sunday:

   He feels an obligation to his successor to close that, and that’s why we’re going to do it.

4. Ingo Speich:

   The search for a successor to Piech at the top of the supervisory board has the utmost priority for investors.

5. Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne:

   This plant and this architecture is capable of making the 300 successor, the front-wheel, all-wheel drive successor.

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