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successor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of successor

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

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of successor

backup, cover, designated hitter, fill-in, locum tenens, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub, substitute

alternate, understudy

apology, makeshift, stopgap

agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative, surrogate

assistant, reliever, second

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