- successor (to somebody/something) a person or thing that comes after somebody/something else and takes their/its place
- Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?
- Their latest release is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.
- He chose as his successor a relative newcomer to the organization.
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1- She has been appointed as his successor.
- She will hand over to her successor in one year's time.
- The former newsreader is being tipped as a possible successor to the outgoing Head of Broadcasting.
- The new Ministry of Food is the successor to the old Department of Agriculture.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- logical
- natural
- obvious
- …
- have
- appoint
- choose
- …
- take over
- as somebody’s successor
- successor as
- successor to
- …
- the appointment of a successor
- the choice of a successor
- the election of a successor
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French successour, from Latin successor, from the verb succedere ‘come close after’, from sub- ‘close to’ + cedere ‘go’.Definitions on the go
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