Synonyms & related words for successors

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Words related to successors

Explore words related to successors — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include heir, replacement, predecessor, inheritor, legatee, heritor, succession, coheir. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does successors come from?

The word successors breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cess-, from Latin cedo (“go, yield”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.