Foregoing and Posterior

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Foregoing adjective - Going before another in time or order.

Usage example: your foregoing statement contradicts your latest one

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Posterior is an antonym for foregoing.

Nearby Word: forego

Posterior adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

Usage example: artifacts dating from a posterior historical period

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Foregoing is an antonym for posterior.

Nearby Words: posteriority, posteriorly

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