| Main Entry: | sequential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occurring in an order |
Synonyms: |
consecutive, constant, continuous, following, incessant, later, next, persistent, regular, sequent, serial, steady, subsequent, subsequential, succedent, succeeding, successive |
Antonyms: |
nonsequential |
| Main Entry: | chronological |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in consecutive time |
Synonyms: |
chronographic, chronologic, chronometric, chronometrical, chronoscopic, classified, dated, historical, horological, horometrical, in due course, in due time, in order, in sequence, junctural, order archival, ordered, progressive, sequent, sequential, tabulated, temporal |
| Notes: | the word temporal derives from Latin and chronological is from Greek; temporal is 'having to do with time as opposed to eternity, having to do with earthly life as opposed to heavenly existence, having to do with time as opposed to space' - while chronological is 'arranged according to temporal order' |
| 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: | following |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening, being next or after |
Synonyms: |
a while later, after a while, afterward, attendant, back, by and by, coming, coming after, coming next, consecutive, consequent, consequential, directly after, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later, later on, latter, next, next off, on the scent, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, resulting, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, specified, subsequent, succeeding, successive, supervenient, then, trailing, when |
Antonyms: |
first, leading, preceding |
| Main Entry: | narrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | storylike, chronological |
Synonyms: |
anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential |
Antonyms: |
rambling |
| Main Entry: | serial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in continuing order |
Synonyms: |
consecutive, continual, continued, continuing, ensuing, following, going on, sequent, sequential, succedent, succeeding, successional, successive |
Antonyms: |
disordered |
| Main Entry: | subsequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | after |
Synonyms: |
consecutive, consequent, consequential, ensuing, following, later, next, posterior, postliminary, proximate, resultant, resulting, sequent, sequential, serial, subsequential, succeeding, successional, successive |
Antonyms: |
anteceent, earlier, former, previous, prior |
| Main Entry: | succeeding/successive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following |
Synonyms: |
alternating, consecutive, ensuing, following after, in a row, in line, next, next in line for, next in order, next off, next up, rotating, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, subsequent, subsequential, succedent, successional |
Antonyms: |
antecedent, antedating, preceding, previous |
| Main Entry: | graduated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arranged or marked according to a scale |
Synonyms: |
calibrated, graded, measured, progressive, registered, sequential, serialized, tapered |