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

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad