SUBSEQUENT Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

subsequent

adjective

ˈsəb-si-kwənt

Definition of subsequent

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 His earnings in subsequent years, which include a contract extension last year, will be disclosed in the conference’s future tax filings. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026 That figure does not account for total process water use, including subsequent laundering. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 Canadian visits to the US peaked at nearly 80 million in the early 1990s before settling at around 40 million a year in subsequent decades. — Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 And so in subsequent years and decades, there’s this understanding that Watergate was a bad thing. — Dustin Desoto, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subsequent

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later

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