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- [suh k-ses-er]
- /səkˈsɛs ər/
- /səkˈses.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh k-ses-er]
- /səkˈsɛs ər/
Definitions of successor word
- noun successor a person or thing that succeeds or follows. 1
- noun successor a person who succeeds another in an office, position, or the like. 1
- noun successor person who takes over from another 1
- noun successor person who inherits title from another 1
- noun Technical meaning of successor A language for distributed computing derived from SR. 1
- countable noun successor Someone's successor is the person who takes their job after they have left. 0
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Origin of successor
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; < Latin, equivalent to succed-, variant stem of succēdere to succeed + -tor -tor, with dt > ss; replacing Middle English successour < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
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Parts of speech for Successor
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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successor popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
successor usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for successor
noun successor
- assignee — a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
- beneficiary — Someone who is a beneficiary of something is helped by it.
- bidder — A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it.
- candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
- changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
Antonyms for successor
noun successor
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- initiator — SCSI initiator
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- foregoer — Alternative form of forgoer.
- opener — a person or thing that opens.
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