Someone's successor is the person who takes their job after they have left.
He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors.
...several critics hailed him then as the greatest living Scottish poet, the naturalsuccessor to his old friend Hugh MacDiarmid.
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Synonyms: heir, beneficiary, inheritor, next-in-line More Synonyms of successor
successor in British English
(səkˈsɛsə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
2. logic
the element related to a given element by a serial ordering, esp the natural number next larger to a given one. The successor of n is n + 1, usually written Sn or n′
Derived forms
successoral (sucˈcessoral)
adjective
successor in American English
(səkˈsɛsər)
noun
a person or thing that succeeds, or follows, another; esp., one who succeeds to anoffice, title, etc.
Word origin
ME < OFr successour < L successor < successus, pp. of succedere: see succeed
Examples of 'successor' in a sentence
successor
There is increasing talk of power struggles as potential successors jostle to fill the apparent vacuum.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There are a number of potential successors on the board.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It added that the proposal would not require the board to disclose the identities of potential successors.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
My test for a potential successor to the book is whether you can read it in the bath.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Possible successors have long been rumoured, but seldom confirmed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Mr Cable is the most credible figure to emerge as a possible successor.
The Sun (2012)
That, after all, is the job of their successors.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If so, it would be a worthy successor to the Eagle.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
successor
British English: successor /səkˈsɛsə/ NOUN
Someone's successor is the person who takes their job after they have left.
His successor was a woman.
American English: successor
Arabic: خَلَف
Brazilian Portuguese: sucessor
Chinese: 接任者
Croatian: nasljednik
Czech: nástupce
Danish: efterfølger
Dutch: opvolger
European Spanish: sucesor
Finnish: seuraaja
French: successeur
German: Nachfolger
Greek: διάδοχος
Italian: successore
Japanese: 後継者
Korean: 후계자
Norwegian: etterfølger
Polish: następca
European Portuguese: sucessor
Romanian: succesor
Russian: преемник
Latin American Spanish: sucesor
Swedish: efterträdare
Thai: ผู้สืบตำแหน่ง
Turkish: halef
Ukrainian: наступник
Vietnamese: người kế vị
Chinese translation of 'successor'
successor
(səkˈsɛsəʳ)
n(c)
继(繼)任者 (jìrènzhě) (个(個), gè)
to be the successor to sb做某人的接班人 (zuò mǒurén de jiēbānrén)
(noun)
Definition
a person or thing that follows another, esp. a person who takes over another's job or position
He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors.
Synonyms
heir
the heir to the throne
beneficiary
a sole beneficiary of a will
inheritor
Two thirds of inheritors promptly sold the houses they were left.
next-in-line
descendant
They are descendants of the original settlers.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of beneficiary
Definition
a person entitled to receive funds or property under a trust, will, etc.
a sole beneficiary of a will
Synonyms
heir,
inheritor
in the sense of descendant
Definition
a person or animal descended from an individual, race, or species
They are descendants of the original settlers.
Synonyms
successor,
child,
issue,
son,
daughter,
heir,
offspring,
progeny,
scion,
inheritor
in the sense of inheritor
Two thirds of inheritors promptly sold the houses they were left.