Related Words for successor

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WordSyllablesCategories
heir
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Noun, Noun
replacement
x/x
Noun, Noun
predecessor
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Noun
inheritor
x/xx
Noun
protege
/xx
Noun
descendent
x/x
Noun
flagship
/x
Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun
incarnation
x//x
Noun
namesake
/x
Noun
progenitor
x/xx
Noun
candidate
/xx
Noun
leader
/x
Noun
executor
x/xx
Noun
trustee
x/
Noun
directorship
x/xx
Noun
forerunner
/xx
Noun
contender
x/x
Noun
incumbent
x/x
Noun
beloved
x/
Adjective
godfather
/xx
Noun
legacy
/xx
Noun
succession
x/x
Noun
imitator
/xxx
Noun
originator
x/xxx
Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun
former
/x
Noun
presidency
/xxx
Noun
nominee
xx/
Noun
patriarch
/xx
Noun
companion
x/x
Noun
interim
/xx
Noun
brother
/x
Noun
continuation
xxx/x
Noun
figurehead
/xx
Noun
elected
x/x
Verb
elder
/x
Noun
ousted
/x
Verb
leadership
/xx
Noun
sibling
/x
Noun
sequel
/x
Noun
legatee
/xx
Noun
beneficiary
xx/xxx
Noun
demise
x/
Noun
appointing
x/x
Verb
resignation
xx/x
Noun
resigning
x/x
Verb
father
/x
Noun
appointee
xx/
Noun
abdication
xx/x
Noun
chairmanship
/xx
Noun
grandfather
/xx
Noun
nephew
/x
Noun
cousin
/x
Noun
confidant
/xx
Noun
overseer
/x/x
Noun
venerable
/xxx
Noun
deputy
/xx
Noun
grandson
/x
Noun
counterpart
/xx
Noun
chief
/
Noun
rival
/x
Noun
sequent
/x
Noun
aspirant
/xx
Noun
ascendant
x/x
Noun
occupant
/xx
Noun
follower
/xx
Noun
crown prince
//
Phrase, Noun
heir presumptive
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
official
x/x
Noun
senior
/x
Name
retainer
x/x
Noun
vice president
//xx
Phrase, Noun
suitor
/x
Noun
attendant
x/x
Noun
lieutenant governor
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
first among equals
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
surrogate
/xx
Noun
heir apparent
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
underling
/xx
Noun
supply
x/
Noun
officer
/xx
Noun
honorary
/xxx
Name
usurper
x/x
Noun
titular
/xx
Adjective
assignee
x//
Noun
opposite number
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
holder
/x
Noun
number two
/xx
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
running mate
/x/
Phrase, Noun
master
/x
Noun
scion
/x
Noun
ruler
/x
Noun
pretender
x/x
Noun
minister
/xx
Noun
antecedent
x/xx
Noun
adjunct
/x
Noun
first
/
Adjective
success story
x//x
Phrase, Noun
officiate
x/xx
Verb
number one
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
handpicked
//
Adjective, Verb
alternate
/xx
Adverb
anointed
x/x
Adjective
groom
/
Verb
worthier
/xx
Adjective
caliph
/x
Noun
nominating
/xxx
Verb
mahdi
/x
Name
throne
/
Noun
popish
/x
Adjective
peter
/x
Name
rightful
/x
Adjective
caesars
/x
Name
see
/
Adjective
grantee
/x
Noun
lineal
/xx
Adjective
mohammed
x/x
Name
muhammad
x/x
Name
khomeini
x/x
Name
headship
/x
Noun
likeliest
/xx
Adjective
judas
/x
Name
nanak
/x
Name
disciple
x/x
Noun
unworthy
x/x
Adjective
charlemagne
/xx
Name
gatt
/
Name
bigoted
/xx
Adjective
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
accrual
x/x
Noun
addictive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
agency
/xx
Noun
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
autocrat
/xx
Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bankrupt
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
broker
/x
Noun, Verb
caliphate
/xx
Noun
cascade
x/
Noun, Verb
challenger
/xx
Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
custodian
x/xx
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
elijah
x/x
Name
entrepreneurial
xxx/xx
Adjective
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
feeder
/x
Noun
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
guardian
/xx
Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
heiress
/x
Noun
inheritance
x/xx
Noun
innovating
xx/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
insolvent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intended
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intermediary
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
is
/
Verb, Noun
khalifa
x/x
Name
leaves
/
Name
liable
/xx
Adjective
mate
/
Noun, Verb
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
notification
xxx/x
Noun
offspring
/x
Noun
outsourced
x/
Adjective
paternalistic
xxx/x
Adjective
possessor
x/x
Adjective
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
respite
/x
Noun, Verb
sovereign
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
substitute
/xx
Noun, Verb
union
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
venture
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
oh
/
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
headlines
/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb