Successor

/səksˈɛsɐ/

/səkˈsɛsɝ/

Successor

a person or thing that is next in line to someone or something else

a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

someone or something that succeeds another person or thing

synonyms : heir

Examples

1. He is retiring and passing the torch on to his successor.

2. Every vertex has at least one successor.

3. Even after his death, the successors glorified killing and pillaging in his name.

4. Alexey’s oldest son, Feodor, was his successor.