successor
suk-SES-ernounMeaning a person or thing that follows another in a role or place
Memory hook takes the torch NEXT: SUCCESS-or. In the relay, Dev hands the torch to Maya, who runs the next stretch: Maya is his successor.
The old queen named her niece as her successor.
In context The retiring baker trained Jamal for a full year so that her successor would know every recipe by heart when he took over the shop.
Similar heir, replacement, follower
Opposite predecessor, forerunner
From Latin successor, from succedere (to come after): sub- (close after) + cedere (to go).