Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations
Section VI. Time
2. Relative Time
1. Time with reference to Succession

117. Posteriority.

   NOUN:POSTERIORITY; succession, sequence; following [See Sequence]; subsequence, subsequency, supervention; continuance, prolongation; futurity [See Futurity]; successor; sequel [See Sequel]; remainder, reversion.
   VERB:FOLLOW AFTER [See Sequence], come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, attend, emanate [rare], occur, result; step into the shoes of.
   ADJECTIVE:SUBSEQUENT, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, sequacious [rare], successive, sequential [rare], ensuing, consecutive, attendant, sequent postliminary [rare], postnate [obs.]; postdiluvial, postdiluvian; posthumous; future [See Futurity]; after-dinner, postprandial.
   ADVERB:SUBSEQUENTLY, after, afterwards, since, later; at a subsequent period, at a later period; next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoon or eftsoons [archaic]; from that time, from that moment; after a while, after a time; in process of time.
   QUOTATION:He smiled a sickly smile and he curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more.—Bret Harte