Later
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Later adjective – Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else. Usage example: the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date
Preceding is an antonym for later.
Antonyms for Later
Preceding
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Preceding adjective – Going before another in time or order. Usage example: had not eaten since the preceding day
Later is an antonym for preceding in earlier topic.
Nearby Words: precede, precedent, precedence, preceded
Antonyms for Preceding
Things that words describes
| work | later work | preceding work |
| part | later part | preceding part |
| scene | later scene | preceding scene |
| episode | later episode | preceding episode |
| Other nouns: season, level, game, chapter, book, novel, movies, arc, years, books, events, chapters, stories, films, entries, stages, games, scenes, seasons, levels, missions, volumes, titles, episodes, albums. | ||
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The above image comes from the 2000 AD strip "Thirteen." His name is Durant, calling himself a doctor like that doesn't really have much to do with preceding or later events in the story, and he's not really a doctor after all.
Source: Trust Me, I'm an X - Later, in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, you can face every Gym Leader and Champion from preceding games.
Source: Legacy Boss Battle -
Animation Bump: Episode 7, the first capture of Iserlohn Fortress, is noticeably better produced and animated than all preceding and many later episodes.
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Preceding and Later. (2016). Retrieved 2022, May 19, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/later/preceding
Later & Preceding. N.p., 2016. Web. 19 May. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/later/preceding>.
Preceding or Later. 2016. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/later/preceding.
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