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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| successor | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun |
| namesake | /x | Noun |
| previous | /xx | Adjective |
| flagship | /x | Noun |
| forerunner | /xx | Noun |
| incarnation | x//x | Noun |
| cousin | /x | Noun |
| protege | /xx | Noun |
| former | /x | Noun |
| contemporaries | x/xxx | Noun |
| venerable | /xxx | Noun |
| original | x/xx | Adjective |
| president | /xx | Noun |
| eponymous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| rival | /x | Noun |
| erstwhile | /x | Noun |
| brother | /x | Noun |
| imitator | /xxx | Noun |
| progenitor | x/xx | Noun |
| sister | /x | Noun |
| beloved | x/ | Adjective |
| redoubtable | x/xx | Adjective |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| vaunted | /x | Adjective |
| sibling | /x | Noun |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective |
| current | /x | Noun |
| descendent | x/x | Noun |
| unlike | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| offshoot | /x | Noun |
| incumbent | x/x | Noun |
| inheritor | x/xx | Noun |
| colleague | /x | Noun |
| sainted | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| stalwart | /x | Noun |
| legendary | /xxx | Adjective |
| preceding | x/x | Verb |
| legacy | /xx | Noun |
| precursor | x/x | Noun |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun |
| elder | /x | Noun |
| heir | / | Noun |
| ascendant | x/x | Noun |
| senior | /x | Name |
| first among equals | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| pioneer | xx/ | Noun |
| deputy | /xx | Noun |
| sequent | /x | Noun |
| princeps | /x | Noun |
| nominee | xx/ | Noun |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| better | /x | Adjective |
| follower | /xx | Noun |
| first | / | Adjective |
| competitor | x/xx | Noun |
| younger | /x | Adjective |
| engineer | /x/ | Noun |
| helper | /x | Noun |
| aspirant | /xx | Noun |
| decedent | x/x | Noun |
| heir presumptive | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| retainer | x/x | Noun |
| fellow | /x | Noun |
| replacement | x/x | Noun |
| adjunct | /x | Noun |
| preparer | x/x | Noun |
| surrogate | /xx | Noun |
| number one | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| forwarder | /xx | Noun |
| attendant | x/x | Noun |
| prince | / | Noun |
| predictor | x/x | Noun |
| sire | /x | Noun |
| minister | /xx | Noun |
| supervisee | /xx/ | Noun |
| dignitary | /xxx | Noun |
| originator | x/xxx | Noun |
| opposite number | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| appointee | xx/ | Noun |
| leading | /x | Verb |
| official | x/x | Noun |
| usurper | x/x | Noun |
| underling | /xx | Noun |
| suitor | /x | Noun |
| founder | /x | Noun |
| ruler | /x | Noun |
| pursuer | x/x | Noun |
| king | / | Noun |
| crown prince | // | Phrase, Noun |
| representative | xx/xx | Noun |
| subsidiary | x/xxx | Noun |
| assassinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disgraced | x/ | Adjective |
| lamented | x/x | Adjective |
| martyr | /x | Noun, Verb |
| discredited | x/xx | Adjective |
| footsteps | /x | Noun |
| venerated | /xxx | Adjective |
| eulogy | /xx | Noun |
| revered | x/ | Adjective |
| slain | / | Adjective |
| tsarist | xx | Adjective |
| mentor | /x | Noun |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| see | / | Adjective |
| reincarnation | xxx/x | Noun |
| deciduous | x/xx | Adjective |
| auditors | /xx | Noun |
| saintly | /x | Adjective |
| respects | x/ | Noun |
| distinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| misdeeds | x/ | Noun |
| failed | / | Adjective |
| applicant | /xx | Noun |
| charisma | x/x | Noun |
| deposed | x/ | Verb |
| flamboyant | x/x | Adjective |
| replica | /xx | Noun |
| august | /x | Adjective |
| hated | /x | Adjective |
| alexandrian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| honoured | /x | Adjective |
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| apologist | x/xx | Noun |
| author | /x | Noun, Verb |
| biographer | x/xx | Noun |
| commentator | /xxx | Noun |
| discoverer | x/xx | Noun |
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| precedent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| succession | x/x | Noun |
| vanguard | /x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
