Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 31 successors 31 successor 29 anointed 29 anoint 29 son Gamal 29 appointing 29 likeliest 28 popes 28 appoint 28 brother Fidel 27 favored 26 eventual 26 elect 25 presumptive 25 selecting 24 choosing 24 succession 24 endorse 24 likelier 24 putative 24 handpicked 24 predecessor 23 anointing 23 hastening 23 promising 23 likely 22 foregone conclusion 22 inheriting 22 preferring 22 dynastic 22 presidency 22 presumed 22 inherit 22 widely 21 throne 21 monthslong 21 whichever 21 favoring 21 conclave 21 long awaited 21 ousting 21 widely regarded 21 leading 21 confidants 21 choose 21 fueling speculation 20 suitable 20 hastened 20 imminent 20 preordained 20 vanquished 20 deciding 20 hasten 20 confer 20 technocrats 20 heir apparent 20 select 20 predecessors 20 canonized 20 faltering 20 potential 20 designate 20 touted 20 standard bearer 20 smooth transition 20 pontificate 20 Successor 20 speedier 20 emerge 20 unlikely 20 venerated 20 executors 19 inevitable 19 evenly divided 19 prime ministers 19 reappoint 19 groundwork 19 reappointed 19 nominating 19 supplant 19 preferred 19 coronation 19 seeking 19 presage 19 succeeding 19 surefire 19 succeed 18 precipitate 18 replace 18 subsequent 18 shortlist 18 closest 18 regarded 18 revered 18 suggest 18 swifter 18 chiefly 18 unquestioned 18 whom 18 nearing 18 ignominious