Word Meaning

Meaning of succeeds

- To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
- To fall heir to; to inherit.
- To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
- To support; to prosper; to promote.
- To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
- Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
- To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
- To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.
- To go under cover.

Crossword clue for succeeds

- Achieve
- Achieve an aim
- Be heir to
- Be victorious
- Come next after
- Do well to suck seed, we hear
- Follow in office
- Follow in order
- Prosper
- Take over office from
- Triumph
- Comes next in order to suck seeds, I hear
- Inherits throne from
- Triumphs