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plural of succession
Synonyms & Antonyms of successions
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 successions
- catenae
- (or catenas),
- catenations,
- chains,
- concatenations,
- consecutions,
- nexuses
- (or nexus),
- progressions,
- sequences,
- series,
- strings,
- trains
- belts,
- circles,
- cycles,
- vicious circles
- (also vicious cycles)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for successions
2
the order of people in a family
- The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for successions
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“Successions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/successions. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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