Hyphenation of successor

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word successor? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

suc-ces-sor

Definitions of successor:

1.	A person who follows next in order He was President Lincoln's successor
2.	A thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
3.	A person who inherits some title or office

Synonyms of successor:

noun	replacement, peer, equal, match, compeer
noun	substitute, replacement
noun	heir, offspring, progeny, issue

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.