'Subsequent' definitions:
Definition of 'subsequent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Following in time or order; "subsequent developments" [ant: antecedent]
Definition of 'Subsequent'
From: GCIDE
- Subsequent \Sub"se*quent\, a. [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subs['e]quent. See Sue to follow.]
- 1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. "The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subsequent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- after,
- appendant,
- attendant,
- cadet,
- consecutive,
- consequent,
- consequential,
- ensuing,
- following,
- future,
- junior,
- later,
- lineal,
- next,
- posterior,
- postpositional,
- postpositive,
- proximate,
- puisne,
- resultant,
- resulting,
- sequacious,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- subsequent to,
- succeeding,
- successive,
- suffixed,
- younger