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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sequence

1 a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause

  • the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature
Synonyms of sequence

aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, upshot
Words Related to sequence

ramification

denouement (also dénouement), echo, implication, repercussion

afterclap, afterglow, aftershock

blowback, by-product, fallout, offshoot, ripple, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off
Phrases Synonymous with sequence

matter of course
Near Antonyms of sequence

consideration, determinant, factor

base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork

impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus

mother, origin, root, source, spring
Antonyms of sequence

antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason

2 a series of things linked together

  • a sequence of events that no one predicted
Synonyms of sequence

catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, consecution, nexus, progression, string, train
Words Related to sequence

chain reaction

belt, circle, cycle, vicious circle (also vicious cycle)

continuum, gamut, gauntlet (also gantlet), scale, spectrum

flow, river, stream

file, line, queue, range, row, succession

3 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another

  • police are trying to reconstruct the sequence of events
Synonyms of sequence

arrangement, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, order, ordering, setup
Words Related to sequence

continuity

precedence, priority

chain, procession, progression, succession

series

aligning (also alining), alignment (also alinement), lining up

design, layout, pattern, structure, system
Near Antonyms of sequence

confusion, disorder, disorganization, disruption, upset

disconnection, disjointedness

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