successor

successor
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ logical, natural, obvious
▪ rightful, worthy
▪

Their latest offering is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.

▪ chosen, designated, eventual
▪ hand-picked (esp. AmE)
▪ immediate
▪ permanent
▪ likely, possible, potential
▪ would-be
▪

his would-be successor

▪ spiritual
VERB + SUCCESSOR
▪ have
▪

He doesn't have an obvious successor as party leader.

▪ appoint, choose, elect, find, hand-pick (esp. AmE), name, pick, select
▪ groom
▪ hand over to (esp. BrE)
▪

She will hand over to her successor in one year's time.

SUCCESSOR + VERB
▪ take over
PREPOSITION
▪ as sb's successor
▪

She has been appointed as his successor.

▪ successor as
▪

Andrew Kirkham will be her successor as Chief Executive.

▪ successor to
▪

the challenge to create a worthy successor to the old library building

▪

The new Ministry of Food is the successor to the old Department of Agriculture.

PHRASES
▪ the appointment of a successor, the choice of a successor, the election of a successor
▪ be tipped as a possible successor (esp. BrE)
▪

The former newsreader is being tipped as a possible successor to the outgoing Head of Broadcasting.


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  • successor — suc·ces·sor /sək se sər/ n: one that follows: one that succeeds another (as in a position, title, office, or estate) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. successor …   Law dictionary

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  • successor — one who comes after, late 13c., from O.Fr. successour, from L. successor, agent noun from pp. stem of succedere (see SUCCEED (Cf. succeed)) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • successor */*/ — UK [səkˈsesə(r)] / US [səkˈsesər] noun [countable] Word forms successor : singular successor plural successors someone who has an important position after someone else. Someone who has the position before someone else is called their predecessor… …   English dictionary

  • successor — suc|ces|sor [ sək sesər ] noun count ** someone who has an important position after someone else. Someone who has the position before someone else is called their predecessor: successor to: They haven t yet named a successor to the outgoing CEO.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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