Successor — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who follows next in order

a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/səksˈɛsɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/səksˈɛsə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/səksˈɛsə/

3 syllables Say it as /səksˈɛsɚ/.

Examples

he was President Lincoln's successor

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

replacement heir

Parts of Speech

noun	a person who follows next in order “he was President Lincoln's successor”
noun	a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
noun	a person who inherits some title or office

Word Forms

succeed

verb

be the successor (of)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nachfolger

eine Person, die der Reihe nach als nächstes folgt

🇫🇷French

successeur

une personne qui suit ensuite dans l'ordre

🇪🇸Spanish

sucesor

una persona que sigue en orden

🇮🇹Italian

successore

una persona che segue in ordine

🇳🇱Dutch

opvolger

een persoon die de volgende in volgorde volgt

🇵🇹Portuguese

sucessor

uma pessoa que segue a seguir na ordem

🇷🇺Russian

преемник

человек, который следует следующим по порядку

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उत्तराधिकारी

एक व्यक्ति जो क्रम में अगला अनुसरण करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

উত্তরসূরি

ক্রমানুসারে পরবর্তী অনুসরণকারী একজন ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

வாரிசு

வரிசையில் அடுத்தபடியாகப் பின்தொடர்பவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

వారసుడు

తదుపరి క్రమంలో అనుసరించే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

उत्तराधिकारी

एक व्यक्ती जो पुढील क्रमाने अनुसरण करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

અનુગામી

એક વ્યક્તિ જે ક્રમમાં આગળ અનુસરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿ

ಮುಂದಿನ ಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಸರಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിൻഗാമി

ക്രമത്തിൽ അടുത്തതായി പിന്തുടരുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉੱਤਰਾਧਿਕਾਰੀ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਅਗਲੇ ਕ੍ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جانشین

ایک شخص جو ترتیب میں اگلے پیروی کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

接班人

按顺序跟随的人

🇯🇵Japanese

後継

順番に次に続く人

🇰🇷Korean

후임

다음 순서대로 따라가는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người kế vị

một người theo sau theo thứ tự

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้สืบทอด

คนที่ตามมาตามลำดับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

penerus

orang yang mengikuti berikutnya secara berurutan

🇵🇭Filipino

kahalili

isang tao na susunod na sumusunod sa pagkakasunud-sunod

🇲🇾Malay

pengganti

seseorang yang mengikuti seterusnya mengikut urutan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خليفة

الشخص الذي يتبع التالي بالترتيب

🇮🇷Persian

جانشین

شخصی که به ترتیب بعدی را دنبال می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

varis

sırayla takip eden kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

יוֹרֵשׁ

אדם שעוקב אחריו לפי הסדר

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The primary meaning of 'successor' is 'a person who follows next in order'.

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