Thesaurus results for SUCCESSOR

successor

noun

as in replacement

a person who has a job, position, or title after someone else; someone who succeeds another person The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here. the successor to the throne

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Recent Examples of successor Timoja had been misinformed that the ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah, had died, leaving behind a young and inexperienced successor, and that internal rivalries among Deccan rulers had further weakened Goa. —

Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026 South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) thinks that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter has been lined up to be her father's eventual successor, lawmakers noted on Monday, according to Reuters. —

Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026 With Ross Wilson now in situ as Mitchell’s successor, Newcastle have greater protection. —

George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026 Cook, his successor, has been preaching it since becoming CEO in 2011, shortly before Jobs' death. —

Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for successor

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Noun

The 24-year-old right-hander made his major league debut as a late replacement for right-hander Ryan Johnson, who fell ill, and had to bob and weave through the early innings.

— Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
But in most cities wholesale replacement is logistically impossible.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026