SUBSEQUENT Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

subsequent

adjective

ˈsəb-si-kwənt

as in ensuing

being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else I'll do the first problem as an example, but all subsequent efforts must be done on your own

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Recent Examples of subsequent The war and subsequent closure of the strait, a key trade route through which some 20% of the world’s oil passed before the blockade, have sent energy prices soaring over the last three months. —

Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 30 May 2026 The subsequent crop is planted around the existing root systems. —

Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026 The subsequent collapse has not reached the public consciousness, perhaps because the numbers of asylum seekers on small boats — the most visible, and to some voters least palatable, form of migration — remain stable. —

Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 29 May 2026 The Crash, the documentary about the fatal crash and subsequent criminal investigation, is available to stream on Netflix. —

Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for subsequent

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later

Adjective

The club's name and logo will be announced at a later date.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 May 2026
The wallpaper failed commercially, as did a later attempt to market it as greenhouse insulation.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026