| Main Entry: | ensue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start to happen; come to pass |
Synonyms: |
appear, arise, attend, be consequent on, be subsequent to, befall, come after, come next, come up, derive, develop, emanate, eventualize, eventuate, flow, follow, issue, occur, proceed, result, stem, succeed, supervene, turn out, turn up |
Antonyms: |
antecede, precede |
| Main Entry: | ensuing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
Synonyms: |
after, coming, coming up, consequent, consequential, following, later, next, next off, posterior, postliminary, subsequent, subsequential |
Antonyms: |
antecedent, preceding |
| Main Entry: | after |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following in position or time |
Synonyms: |
afterwards, back, back of, behind, below, ensuing, hind, hindmost, in the rear, later, next, posterior, postliminary, rear, subsequential, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter |
Antonyms: |
before |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
Synonyms: |
appear, begin, come to light, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
Synonyms: |
action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap, happen, jell, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire |
| Main Entry: | consecutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in sequence |
Synonyms: |
after, chronological, connected, constant, continuing, continuous, ensuing, following, going on, in order, in turn, increasing, later, logical, numerical, one after another, progressive, running, sequent, sequential, serial, serialized, seriate, seriatim, succedent, succeeding, successional, successive, understandable, uninterrupted |
Antonyms: |
broken, discontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, unconsecutive |
| Main Entry: | consequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
Synonyms: |
consistent, ensuing, following, indirect, inferable, intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable, resulting, sensible, sequential, sound, subsequent, successive, understandable |
Antonyms: |
beginning, causal, commencing, originating, preparatory, starting |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; occur |
Synonyms: |
acquire, arise, befall, betide, break, break out, breed, chance, come about, come off, commence, contract, ensue, establish, follow, form, generate, go, happen, invest, originate, pick up, result, start, transpire |
Antonyms: |
cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
Synonyms: |
closing, conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, down the pike, down the road, ending, endmost, ensuing, final, hindmost, in the cards, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, resulting, secondary, succeeding, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious |
Antonyms: |
past |
| Main Entry: | eventuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a consequence |
Synonyms: |
be consequent, befall, come about, come to pass, end, ensue, eventualize, follow, happen, issue, occur, result, stop, take place, terminate |
Antonyms: |
cause |