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Synonyms & Antonyms of succession
1
a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another
- He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for succession
- catena,
- catenation,
- chain,
- concatenation,
- consecution,
- nexus,
- progression,
- sequence,
- series,
- string,
- train
- belt,
- circle,
- cycle,
- vicious circle
- (also vicious cycle)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for succession
2
the order of people in a family
- The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.
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“Succession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succession. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of succession was in the 14th century
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