successor
noun [C] /səkˈses.ər/
/-ɚ/ Definition
C1 someone or something that comes after another person or thing: The university is seeking a successor to its vice chancellor, who retires this Easter. This range of computers is very fast, but their successors will be even faster.Ancestors and descendantsBefore, after and alreadyAfter and behind
(Definition of successor noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- afore adverb, preposition, conjunction
- after- prefix
- afterwards adverb
- already adverb
- ante- prefix
- following adjective 1
- following noun (NEXT)
- following preposition
- formerly adverb
- heretofore adverb
- immediate adjective
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- later adjective (IN THE FUTURE)
- later adverb
- shortly adverb
- subsequent adjective
- thereafter adverb
- this determiner
- whereupon conjunction
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