Definition of Successor

person or thing that immediately follows another

Examples of Successor in a sentence

If the board does not appoint a successor after the CEO steps down, the workers will strike.  🔊

Mitt insisted that he would publicize who his successor was before stepping down from his position.  🔊

The manager’s successor was a blundering idiot who could not figure out how to use the fax machine.  🔊

The army was sure that Al Qaida or whoever its successor might be would resurface once they departed the region.  🔊

The king refused to anoint a successor during his lifetime, because he was paranoid of a coup.  🔊

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