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 The Great Hunger and subsequent Irish migrations still burden those scattered among cliffs and bogs; and when Tomás emerges from a wood, transformed by a mystical encounter, Liam must push them to finish their task. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 The outlet reported that after working at L’Agapé, which gained a Michelin star with him there, Grébaut established Septime and its subsequent family of restaurants with Pourriat. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 Investigators began testifying July 6 about the chaotic moments after Kirk, 31, was shot during a September event at Utah Valley University and the subsequent search for his killer. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 July 2026 The Bayeux Tapestry, a monumental 230 foot long medieval textile, depicts the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the subsequent Norman Conquest of England. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for subsequent

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later

Adjective

In a later post on Telegram, Klitschko said Kyiv also came under ballistic missile attack, with five people injured in one of the central districts.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026
If the first eight steps, rising amid the site’s oak and maple trees, can be viewed as his birth and boyhood in the state, those at the summit reflect his later years of anguish and trial.

— Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026