Synonyms of successions

successions

noun

plural of succession

1

as in series

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.

Related Words

• series
• strings
• sequences
• progressions
• chains
• rows
• files
• concatenations
• trains
• queues
• consecutions
• ranges
• ranks
• tiers
• catenations
• nexuses
• cycles
• echelons
• lines
• gauntlets
• chain reactions
• catenae
• belts
• spectra
• scales
• streams
• circles
• flows
• rivers
• vicious circles
• continua
• gamuts

Dissimilar Words

• disorders
• disruptions
• confusions
• upsets
• disorganizations
• disconnections

2

as in lineages

the order of people in a family

The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.

Related Words

• lineages
• descents
• births
• relations
• races
• genealogies
• extractions
• origins
• pedigrees
• families
• strains
• stocks
• ancestries
• bloodlines
• blood
• lines
• relatives
• heredities
• breedings
• family trees
• houses
• parentages
• kins
• kindreds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of successions

France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Helaena, however, is not concerned with thrones or successions. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military. — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Plant additional successions of sunflowers every week or two to enjoy blooms later in the summer. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026

For authoritarian regimes, survival is uncertain, and never more so than during inescapable successions. — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025