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| 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: | 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: | afterward/afterwards |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | following a time, event |
| Synonyms: | after, behind, eventually, late, later, next, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, ultimately, a while later, another time, at a later time, by and by, ensuingly, in a while, intra, latterly, on the next day, post hoc, thereon |
| Antonyms: | beforehand |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, deserving, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, impending, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, preparing, prospective, pursuing, subsequent, up-and-coming, about to happen, advancing, almost on one, converging, docking, drawing near, gaining upon, getting near, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, predestined, progressing, running after, to be |
| Main Entry: | contiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjacent, in contact |
| Synonyms: | adjoining, beside, bordering, close, conterminous, meeting, near, nearby, neighboring, next, touching, abutting, approximal, contactual, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, near-at-hand, next door to, next to |
| Antonyms: | divided, separated |
| 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: | 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: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | approaching, close, coming, expectant, following, forthcoming, gathering, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, possible, probable, threatening, unavoidable, about to happen, brewing, fast-approaching, handwriting-on-the-wall, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevasible, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, see it coming, to come, unescapable |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| 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: | on |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in contact; ahead of |
| Synonyms: | about, above, adjacent, against, approaching, at, beside, covering, forth, forward, held, near, next, onward, over, supported, touching, toward, upon, with, close to, leaning on, on top of, resting on, situated on |
| Antonyms: | off |
| 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: | succeeding/successive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following |
| Synonyms: | consecutive, ensuing, next, sequential, serial, subsequent, alternating, following after, in a row, in line, next in line for, next in order, next off, next up, rotating, sequent, seriate, subsequential, succedent, successional |
| Antonyms: | antecedent, preceding, previous, antedating |
| Main Entry: | afterward |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | following |
| Synonyms: | after, afterwards, behind, eventually, late, later, next, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, ultimately, another time, ensuingly, intra, latterly, post hoc, thereon |
| Antonyms: | beforehand, previously |
| Main Entry: | successive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following |
| Synonyms: | consecutive, ensuing, next, sequential, serial, subsequent, alternating, following after, in line, next off, next up, rotating, sequent, seriate, subsequential, succedent, succeeding, successional |
| Main Entry: | secondly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in the second place |
| Synonyms: | also, besides, further, furthermore, including, next, second, along with, as well, next in order, on the other hand, to continue |
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