successor

Plural: successors

Noun

• a person who follows next in order
  • "he was President Lincoln's successor"
• a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
• a person who inherits some title or office
• A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
• 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.

Examples

• A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
• George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.

Synonyms

heir, replacement, aftercomer, succeeder, successor, successour

Antonyms

predecessor

Related Words

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