'Successor' definitions:
Definition of 'successor'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" [syn: successor, replacement]
noun
A thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
noun
A person who inherits some title or office [syn: successor, heir]
Definition of 'Successor'
From: GCIDE
- Successor \Suc*ces"sor\, n. [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.] 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. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'successor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- aftermath,
- apparent heir,
- appendage,
- attendant,
- backup man,
- beneficiary heir,
- buff,
- cavaliere servente,
- conclusion,
- consequence,
- coparcener,
- courtier,
- dangler,
- dependent,
- descendant,
- disciple,
- dynasty,
- effect,
- fan,
- fideicommissary heir,
- fiduciary heir,
- flunky,
- follower,
- following,
- hanger-on,
- heir,
- heir apparent,
- heir expectant,
- heir general,
- heir in tail,
- heir of entail,
- heir of inventory,
- heir of line,
- heir portioner,
- heir presumptive,
- heir whatsoever,
- heiress,
- henchman,
- heritor,
- homme de cour,
- inheritor,
- inheritress,
- inheritrix,
- joint heir,
- line,
- lineage,
- next in line,
- offspring,
- orphan,
- parasite,
- partisan,
- posterity,
- presumptive heir,
- public,
- pursuer,
- pursuivant,
- relict,
- remainderman,
- replacement,
- reversioner,
- satellite,
- sectary,
- sequel,
- shadow,
- stooge,
- supporter,
- survivor,
- tagtail,
- tail,
- trainbearer,
- votary,
- ward heeler,
- widow,
- widower