Definition of successor Successor
/sʌksɛˈsɚ/ - [sukseser] - suc•ces•sor
We found 9 definitions of successor from 4 different sources.
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What does successor mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: successors |
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| successor - a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone | ||
| substitute, replacement a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | ||
| successor - a person who inherits some title or office | ||
| heir | ||
| progeny, offspring, issue something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts" | ||
| successor - a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" | ||
| replacement | ||
| compeer, equal, peer, match a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- successor (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- successor, noun, singular of successors.
