successornoun [ C ]
uk/səkˈses.ər/us/səkˈses.ɚ/C1 someone or something that comes after another person or thing:
The university is seeking a successor to its vice chancellor, who retires this spring.
This range of computers is very fast, but their successors will be even faster.
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- Traditionally, the president designates his or her successor.
- It remains to be seen whom the chairman will anoint as his successor.
- The hunt is on for a successor to Sir James Gordon.
- His name was mooted as a possible successor.
- The former leader now has to watch his successor unpicking much of what he strived so hard to achieve.
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Family: ancestors & descendants
- ancestor
- ancestry
- be in the/sb's blood idiom
- blood
- blood is thicker than water idiom
- bloodline
- descendant
- descent
- family tree
- forbear
- forebear
- genealogist
- genealogy
- generation
- heraldry
- lineage
- pedigree
- run
- stock
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