| Main Entry: | successive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following |
Synonyms: |
alternating, consecutive, ensuing, following after, in line, next, next off, next up, rotating, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, subsequent, subsequential, succedent, succeeding, successional |
| 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: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, repeated |
Synonyms: |
a good many, commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, iterated, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, pleonastic, profuse, recurrent, recurring, redundant, reiterated, reiterative, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various |
Antonyms: |
inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unrepeated, unusual |
| Main Entry: | gradual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
Synonyms: |
bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried |
Antonyms: |
abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven |
| Main Entry: | regular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | orderly, consistent, balanced |
Synonyms: |
accordant, alternating, arranged, automatic, classified, congruous, consonant, constant, cyclic, dependable, efficient, established, even, exact, expected, fixed, flat, formal, harmonious, in order, invariable, level, measured, mechanical, methodical, momentary, ordered, organized, patterned, periodic, precise, probable, punctual, rational, recurrent, regulated, rhythmic, routine, serial, set, smooth, standardized, stated, steady, straight, successive, symmetrical, systematic, uniform |
Antonyms: |
changing, disorderly, imbalanced, inconsistent, infrequent, irregular, unsteady, variable |
| 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: | 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: | straight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aligned; not curved |
Synonyms: |
beeline, collinear, consecutive, continuous, direct, erect, even, horizontal, in a line, in a row, in line, inflexible, invariable, level, like an arrow, lineal, linear, near, nonstop, perpendicular, plumb, precipitous, rectilineal, rectilinear, right, running, sheer, short, smooth, solid, square, straightforward, successive, through, true, unbent, unbroken, uncurled, undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unswerving, upright, vertical |
Antonyms: |
curved, indirect, twisted |