successor

noun

Definition of successornext
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 Miyares’s Democratic successor, Jay Jones, said in May that the activists had complied after efforts to narrow the requests. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026 He had been asked about the stances of Newsom and his potential successor, Xavier Becerra, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Courts developed the doctrine of successor liability precisely because asset buyers so often attempt to leave a seller’s obligations behind. — Camden Kaminsky, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Iger had joined Thrive Capital in April after formally passing the torch at Disney to his successor, Josh D’Amaro. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for successor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for successor
  1. replacement
  2. deputy
  3. assistant
  4. representative
  5. attorney
  6. substitute
  7. agent
  8. stand-in
Noun
  • Without Odobert, who was Kudus’ natural replacement on the right, or Kolo Muani, who filled in at that position for De Zerbi last term, there is no clear candidate to start at right wing should the Ghanaian not return in time for Brentford.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Some pieces of equipment, including several 800-ton chillers that help cool the building, are decades old and in need of replacement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of replacement
Noun
  • Circumstances leading up to the shooting are still under investigation, but deputies said that a man was shot in the leg.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For Daniel Murray, deputy chief investment officer at EFG Asset Management, investor skepticism on European stocks had gone too far given the outlook for strong macro growth and solid earnings.
    — Sagarika Jaisinghani, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputy
Noun
  • Second-year University of Connecticut student Kira Mesick jumped at the chance to fill a resident assistant job at the university’s new, $29 million residence hall in downtown Hartford, seizing on its Pratt Street location.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Sustaining a life in medicine would be impossible without the support of my colleagues — doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, technicians and translators.
    — Rajani LaRocca, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • Variety has reached out to representatives for ABC and Gutman for comment.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • After the notice of rescission was sent, Teefey allegedly contacted Bespoke’s representatives suggesting that investors should not file a suit claiming the company had an escrow account to return the investments, this week’s lawsuit says.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of representative
Noun
  • According to their attorney, an unmarked vehicle carrying immigration agents attempted to pull them over near Dundalk Avenue and O'Donnell Street.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Entertainment Weekly has reached out to attorneys for both Carradine’s family and the regents of the University of California for comment.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of attorney
Noun
  • The government’s $600 million per year pledge, though appreciated and welcome, is not a substitute for durable, legally enforceable contribution obligations.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
  • These systems are the most futuristic pieces of the renovation, but Korem presents them as additions to a much larger recovery program—not substitutes for foundational work.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of substitute
Noun
  • The attorney said the agents cut off the SUV and slammed on their brakes.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Anger toward the people who encouraged Beloozerov to pass information to them, and anger toward the agents who killed him.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of agent
Noun
  • No one knows the cautionary tale of Carter’s presidency more than our current president, who has repeatedly used it as a stand-in for presidential failure and American weakness.
    — S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Another finds his misery exacerbated by a Christmas spent shooting a war movie opposite its star Brad Pitt’s stand-in, in a rare evocation of how impersonal blockbuster filmmaking has become.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of stand-in

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