SUCCESSION Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

succession

noun

Definition of succession

as in series

a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars.

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as in descent

the order of people in a family The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.

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Recent Examples of succession Business owners are actively seeking guidance on value creation, risk reduction, succession and exit readiness. — Craig West, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Neural pathways controlling core bodily functions — feeling in the limbs, movement and breathing — were collapsing one by one, like circuit breakers tripping in rapid succession. — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 June 2026 Hers is a voice that ought to have a lifetime’s staying power, bolstered by a lyrical and musical sensibility that provide everything her instrument needs to deliver a happy succession of knockout blows. — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 July 2026 Three Supreme Court rulings in rapid succession on Tuesday instantly jolted the political landscape heading into Georgia’s 2026 elections. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for succession

Recent Examples of Synonyms for succession

Noun

Holt is president and general manager of Sacramento Republic FC, which hosted a series of free World Cup watch parties in Sacramento that drew approximately 45,000 guests.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
The company operates another rideshare series as well, called Bandwagon, which has launched four missions to date.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of series

Noun

His mother was of European descent and his father was a Cantonese opera star who was on tour in the city, affording his son birthright citizenship.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Stokesbury said the climber's descent was a long slide down the steep snow slope rather than a straight free fall, with the terrain gradually becoming less steep farther down the mountain.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of descent

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That same year, a string of royal events followed, with the group attending Trooping the Colour in June, which marked Queen Elizabeth II's official 92nd birthday.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
The allegations against Platner are the latest in a string of accusations of malfeasance, which have rocked Democrats who are eager to defeat Collins.

— Garrett Downs,Justin Papp, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of string

Noun

Green said that through William's mother, the late Princess Diana, his lineage traces back to Benajah Strong.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
The research team, led by Ellie Bourgikos and Nathan Grubaugh at the Yale School of Public Health, estimates that one of the virus’s two major lineages arrived in the Northeast by the early 1700s.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of lineage

Noun

Other theories suggest that certain cells within the abdomen may transform into endometrial-like tissue, while some evidence points to stem cells or developmental changes that occur before birth.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Maxton Bowman — a 2-year-old from Shildon, England — is autistic and nonverbal, and has faced health challenges since birth.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

Definition of birth

Noun

Central to Burbank’s thesis was his belief that environment mattered as much, if not more, than heredity.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
Political figures within Iran criticized the idea of handing over the supreme leader’s title based on heredity and thereby creating a clerical version of the rule of the shah, who was toppled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

— Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of heredity

Noun

Emily Brontë’s telling of this narrative premise was, also, far ahead of its time, unadorned, stripped bare, always in immediate reach of the brutal facts of her characters’ relations and complications with each other.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.

— Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026