ensuing

1 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 Synonyms coming, next, following, succeedingRelated Words consecutive, sequential, successive; posterior, subsequent; immediate; secondNear Antonyms anterior, former; past; lastAntonyms antecedent, foregoing, precedent, preceding, previous, prior

2 being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else the war and the ensuing famine caused unimaginable suffering Synonyms after, subsequent, later, posteriorRelated Words behind, belated, delayed, late, slow; closing, concluding, eventual, final, last, latest, latter, terminal, ultimate; followingNear Antonyms advance, advanced, early, prematureAntonyms antecedent, anterior, fore, foregoing, former, precedent, preceding, previous, prior