Following
Following adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
More recent and following are semantically related. In some cases you can use "More recent" instead an adjective "Following".
More recent
Following and more recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Following" instead an adjective phrase "More recent".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- later and following
- later and more recent
- subsequently and following
- subsequently and more recent
- after and following
- after and more recent
- behind and following
- behind and more recent
- next and following
- next and more recent
- subsequent and following
- subsequent and more recent
- proximate and following
- proximate and more recent
Both terms in one sentence
- A more recent, similar example was from following the 2011 privatization of the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN), a cable only public broadcaster owned by the Saskatchewan government.
Source: Network Decay / Slipped -
Narrator: In more recent games, they've had most of their descriptive text be read aloud, following in the footsteps of Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri.
Source: Video Game / Civilization -
A more recent example: Alaa Hussein Ali, Saddam Hussein's puppet leader following the invasion of Kuwait.
Source: The Quisling
Cite this Source
More recent and Following. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/following/more_recent
Following & More recent. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/following/more_recent>.
More recent or Following. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/following/more_recent.
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