Back-to-back
Back-to-back adjective - Following one after another without others coming in between.
Usage example: the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises
Successive and back-to-back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Successive" instead an adjective phrase "Back-to-back".
Successive
Successive adjective - Following one after another without others coming in between.
Usage example: made the honor roll for three successive school terms
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Synonyms for Successive
Back-to-back and successive are semantically related. You can use "Back-to-back" instead an adjective "Successive".
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Related pairs
- following and back-to-back
- following and successive
- straight and back-to-back
- straight and successive
- uninterrupted and back-to-back
- uninterrupted and successive
- continuous and back-to-back
- continuous and successive
- consequent and back-to-back
- consequent and successive
- unbroken and back-to-back
- unbroken and successive
- later and back-to-back
- later and successive
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