ENSUING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

ensuing 1 of 2

adjective

as in next

being the one that comes immediately after another business was slow in the restaurant's first year, but the ensuing year saw a much-needed increase

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as in subsequent

being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else the war and the ensuing famine caused unimaginable suffering

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ensuing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of ensue

as in replacing

to come at a later time; to happen as a result When the news broke, a long period of chaos ensued.

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On the Packers’ ensuing drive, Love found Jacobs to extend the lead to 27-10. — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 In the ensuing pile-on, both were savagely harassed across social media platforms, with groypers even calling for them to be doxxed. — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026 Restaurants and bars currently flooded are now beginning to plan for potentially worse weather in the ensuing weeks. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Burton was whistled for a flagrant foul and the ensuing free throws rebuilt the Dream’s lead to 25. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 During the ensuing replay review, Porter stood with his arms around Brown, offering encouragement. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 More than 50 years ago, Morris Goldfarb took the reins of his family’s leather goods company and over the ensuing decades turned it into the G-III Apparel Group. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 Their ensuing correspondence with the department began politely but devolved into threats and demands emphasized in italic type. — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 After Young found a streaking Darren Waller down the middle of the field for a 50-yard touchdown to cut Tampa Bay's lead to 17-6, the Bucs blocked the ensuing extra point and Zyon McCollum returned it 70 yards to the end zone. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

The government also promised 15,000 additional places in higher education, introduced across the next two years, and increases in student grants linked to inflation from the start of the next academic year.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The Roc Nation chief will perform at the event for the first time for next year’s Super Bowl LXI.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of next

Adjective

The Supreme Court decision scaling back the VRA — and subsequent redistricting efforts in Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee — threatens to reduce Black representation in Congress.

— Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Back then, businesses issued statements in favor of a peaceful transfer of power around the 2020 election and subsequent attack on the US Capitol.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsequent

Verb

That same year, the company continued its transition toward an all-electric fleet, replacing the Pacifica minivan with the fully electric Jaguar I-PACE.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026
Medical implants like pacemakers and deep brain stimulators now rely on batteries that are bulky, stiff, and eventually need replacing.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacing

Adjective

Both are works in that long tradition of castaways forced to survive, but in many ways, Crusoe—a colonist and capitalist and the later a jaundiced observer of the worst excesses of those systems—is the opposite of Gulliver.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Each time, the NBA found openings in the calendar at later times.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of later

Verb

Federal prosecutors brought charges against Cuban military personnel in 2003, but Castro himself was not named as a defendant until the superseding indictment filed this year.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Thus far, this trend is complementing new-aircraft sales, not superseding them.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026

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