successor C1 Topic:People & Society US /səkˈsɛsɚ/ UK /səkˈsɛsə/ See IPA manual Freq #9982 Meanings 1 noun A person who takes over a job, position, or title from someone else. Andrew Johnson was President Lincoln's successor. 2 noun A thing that replaces an earlier one of the same kind. The new phone is a worthy successor to last year's model. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who takes over a... replacement More heirsucceedersuccessour ↔ Opposites predecessor Word family Forms successors Etymology AI details From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor. Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # successor **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /səkˈsɛsɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /səkˈsɛsə/ **Frequency rank:** 9982 ## Meanings 1. A person who takes over a job, position, or title from someone else. 2. A thing that replaces an earlier one of the same kind. ## Examples - Andrew Johnson was President Lincoln's successor. - The new phone is a worthy successor to last year's model. ## Synonyms - heir - succeeder - successour ## Antonyms - predecessor ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor. ## AI Etymology Successor comes from Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor. In present use it covers a person who takes over a job, position, or title from someone else and a thing that replaces an earlier one of the same kind. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown