successor
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who follows next in order
he was President Lincoln's successor
Types & categories
- peer hypernym
Related & opposite
- succeed derivation
Sense 2 noun
a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
Types & categories
- substitute hypernym
Related & opposite
- succeed derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person who inherits some title or office
Types & categories
- offspring hypernym
Related & opposite
- succeed derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | succeed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | peer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | succeed |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | substitute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | succeed |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | offspring |