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successional

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of successional

following one after another without others coming in between

  • the successional stages that an area goes through following a devastating forest fire
Synonyms of successional

back-to-back, consecutive, sequent, sequential, straight, succeeding, successive
Words Related to successional

serial

constant, continuous, uninterrupted

ensuing, following, later, next, posterior, subsequent
Near Antonyms of successional

in series
Antonyms of successional

inconsecutive, inconsequent, nonconsecutive, nonsequential

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