Synonyms of successors

successors

noun

plural of successor

as in assistants

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

Related Words

• assistants
• deputies
• representatives
• replacements
• agents
• attorneys
• delegates
• substitutes
• alternates
• superseders
• subs
• backups
• assignees
• reserves
• pinch hitters
• envoys
• apologies
• stand-ins
• designated hitters
• reliefs
• seconds
• surrogates
• understudies
• procurators
• proxies
• fill-ins
• makeshifts
• factors
• reps
• locum tenentes
• commissaries
• stopgaps
• covers
• relievers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of successors

The priorities of their successors go a long way to explaining why that ambition has not been realised. — Sverre Alvik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

That work is arguably getting harder as chief executives stay in the job longer, causing their possible successors to get restless; some are bolting to jobs elsewhere or retiring themselves. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

One of Evers’ successors embraced Colom's candidacy as the next step in a long struggle. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Nevertheless, several members of the Kim family have been identified by outside observers as possible successors or influential figures in a future transition of power. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

This formula proved to be a hit and can be seen in all of the supercar’s successors, including the aforementioned F40, the F50, the Enzo, the LaFerrari, and, most recently, the F80. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026

However, speaking to the media on Friday after playing a key role in the appointment of Stokes’ and McCullum’s successors, Joe Root and Stephen Fleming, Key did not rule out the possibility of Stokes returning to the side in future. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Their successors will get higher — and there will be many of them. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 July 2026

The eventual successors to Boeing's 737 Max and Airbus' A320neo families may shape competition in the industry's largest commercial aircraft market for decades. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 21 July 2026