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| Main Entry: | later |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming after |
| Synonyms: | ensuing, following, next, posterior, proximate, subsequent, ulterior, downstream, more recent, postliminary, subsequential, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | before, earlier |
| Main Entry: | later |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | happening after |
| Synonyms: | after, afterward, again, behind, next, subsequently, thereafter, at another time, by and by, come Sunday, down the line, down the road, in a while, in time, infra, later on, latterly, more recent, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | before, earlier |
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | at the last minute |
| Synonyms: | backward, behind, slowly, behind time, behindhand, belatedly, dilatorily, tardily, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, punctually |
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not on time |
| Synonyms: | backward, behind, belated, blown*, delayed, dilatory, gone, held up, hung up*, jammed*, overdue, postponed, put off, remiss, slow, strapped*, tardy, behind time, behindhand, eleventh-hour, in a bind, in the lurch, lagging, last-minute, missed the boat, out of luck, stayed, too late, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, prompt, punctual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new |
| Synonyms: | advanced, fresh, modern, recent, just out |
| Antonyms: | antique, old, old-fashioned |
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bygone, cold, deceased, defunct, departed, erstwhile, extinct, former, inanimate, lifeless, old, once, onetime, past, preceding, previous, quondam, sometime, ex-, exanimate |
| Antonyms: | live |
| Main Entry: | after |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following in position or time |
| Synonyms: | afterwards, back, behind, below, ensuing, hindmost, later, next, posterior, rear, subsequently, thereafter, back of, hind, in the rear, postliminary, subsequential, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | before |
| Main Entry: | consecutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in sequence |
| Synonyms: | after, chronological, connected, constant, continuing, continuous, ensuing, following, in turn, increasing, later, logical, progressive, running, sequential, serial, successive, understandable, uninterrupted, going on, in order, numerical, one after another, sequent, serialized, seriate, seriatim, succedent, succeeding, successional |
| Antonyms: | broken, discontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, unconsecutive |
| Main Entry: | ensuing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
| Synonyms: | after, coming, consequent, consequential, following, later, next, posterior, subsequent, coming up, next off, postliminary, subsequential |
| Antonyms: | antecedent, preceding |
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
| Synonyms: | conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, ending, ensuing, final, hindmost, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, secondary, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious, closing, down the pike, down the road, endmost, in the cards, resulting, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening, being next or after |
| Synonyms: | afterward, attendant, back, coming, consecutive, consequent, consequential, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, later, latter, next, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, sequential, serial, specified, subsequent, successive, then, trailing, when, a while later, after a while, by and by, coming after, coming next, directly after, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later on, next off, on the scent, resulting, sequent, seriate, succeeding, supervenient |
| Antonyms: | first, leading, preceding |
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
| Synonyms: | approaching, booked, coming, destined, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, imminent, impending, inevitable, later, likely, near, next, planned, prospective, subsequent, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, up, budgeted, close at hand, coming up, down the line, down the pike, down the road, from here in, from here on, from here to eternity, from now on in, in the cards, in the course of time, in the offing, just around the corner, looked toward, scheduled, to be, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | latter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | latest, concluding |
| Synonyms: | eventual, final, following, hindmost, lag, last, later, modern, recent, second, terminal, closing, last-mentioned, rearmost |
| Notes: | last is the lowest in an ordering or series while latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned; former means referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned |
| Antonyms: | earliest, former, preceding |
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming immediately after in space, time, order |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, beside, close, coming, consequent, ensuing, following, later, meeting, neighboring, proximate, subsequent, touching, abutting, attached, back-to-back, closest, coterminous, hard by, nearest, on the side, side-by-side, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | earlier, preceding, previous |
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | immediately after in time, space, order |
| Synonyms: | after, afterward, behind, closely, following, later, subsequently, thereafter, afterwhile, by and by, coming up, latterly, next off |
| Antonyms: | earlier, preceding, previous |
| Main Entry: | postmortem |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following death |
| Synonyms: | future, later, posthumous, post-obit, post-obituary, postmundane |
| Main Entry: | sequential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occurring in an order |
| Synonyms: | consecutive, constant, continuous, following, incessant, later, next, persistent, regular, serial, steady, subsequent, successive, sequent, subsequential, succedent, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | nonsequential |
| Main Entry: | subsequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | after |
| Synonyms: | consecutive, consequent, consequential, ensuing, following, later, next, posterior, proximate, sequential, serial, successive, postliminary, resultant, resulting, sequent, subsequential, succeeding, successional |
| Antonyms: | earlier, former, previous, prior, anteceent |
| Main Entry: | subsequently |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | afterward |
| Synonyms: | after, afterwards, behind, consequently, finally, later, next, after while, at a later date, by and by, in the aftermath, in the end, infra, latterly |
| Antonyms: | earlier, former, prior |
| Main Entry: | then |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | before; at another time |
| Synonyms: | again, anon, formerly, later, next, suddenly, thereupon, when, all at once, at that instant, at that moment, at that point, at that time, before long, on that occasion, soon after, years ago |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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