Associations to the word «Successor»

Wiktionary

SUCCESSOR, noun. A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
SUCCESSOR, noun. The next heir in order or succession.
SUCCESSOR, noun. A person who inherits a title or office.
SUCCESSOR, noun. (arithmetic) (set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

Dictionary definition

SUCCESSOR, noun. A person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor".
SUCCESSOR, noun. A thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone.
SUCCESSOR, noun. A person who inherits some title or office.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky