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 The former sovereign, 86, who abdicated the throne in 2024, was instead represented by her son and successor, King Frederik, his wife, Queen Mary, his son and heir, Crown Prince Christian, and Queen Margrethe’s younger sister, Princess Benedikte. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026 As her successor, Shaheen endorsed Pappas, who is one of the state's two representatives in the House. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Jac Schaeffer, the architect behind WandaVision and successor series Agatha All Along, intended to spearhead the concluding chapter of her television trilogy — a Vision-centric saga of self-discovery with returning star Paul Bettany. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2026 In some ways, the atlas acts as a successor to the database for AlphaFold, an earlier DeepMind project that effectively solved the protein prediction problem, winning then DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis a share of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 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
  • Seattle's success led the Las Vegas Raiders to hire Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak as its head coach, and the team tapped Brian Fleury as his play-calling replacement.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
  • While the airline and ground control argued over replacements, a group of eight highly experienced traveling grooms, including Vard, slipped into emergency mode.
    — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of replacement
Noun
  • The startled deputy lets out a scream and races back toward his patrol vehicle.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This week, multiple deputies in the Hall County Sheriff's Office resigned amid ongoing Flock misuse investigations.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of deputy
Noun
  • Nana Menya Ayensu is an energy strategy and infrastructure technology investment executive and a former White House special assistant to the President on Climate Policy, Finance, and Innovation.
    — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Idzik was in his first year as a low-level offensive assistant with the Seattle Seahawks, whose staff was selected to coach the NFC team after an early exit from the 2019 playoffs.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • Twenty years later, a mayoral candidate with the same last name, Abdullah Hammoud, previously a state representative who is not related to Abed Hammoud, was elected, becoming the first Arab American mayor of Dearborn.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Talks with Hall’s representatives had taken place over an extended period, but getting the left-back to actually put pen to paper on the deal would be consequential.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of representative
Noun
  • Her attorney declined to comment about the complaints lodged against the school.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But at the last moment, the defense attorney sprung up from his chair to argue a Hail Mary in a final effort to avert a mistrial, prompting a court officer to hold out his hand to signal the jurors should not yet enter the courtroom.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of attorney
Noun
  • The two substitutes put those taking their place on the bench in the shade by scoring three goals between them.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The first question sees technology as a substitute, while the second sees it as an amplifier.
    — Tal Dagan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of substitute
Noun
  • Their defensive line flipped from fatal flaw to deep, disruptive chaos agent.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • What was the reason, exactly, for agents dressing for battle and toting weapons and riding in boats down the Chicago River?
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of agent
Noun
  • While the original movie used Washington State's Whidbey Island as a stand-in for New England, production for the sequel moved to the United Kingdom.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Even college baseball — with its shorter schedule and regular off days — is no stand-in for the grind of a minor league season, which includes at least twice as many games as an elite NCAA program plays in a year.
    — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of stand-in

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