succession

Other forms of succession

plural

successions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about succession

What does succession mean?

succession means "a following of one thing after another in time". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in succession?

succession has 3 syllables: suc-ces-sion. The stress falls on "ces". In IPA it is /səkˈsɛʃən/.

What is another word for succession?

Close synonyms include sequence, chronological sequence, successiveness, chronological succession, sequence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is succession a common word?

succession is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with succession?

9 words rhyme with succession. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.