Succeeding
Succeeding adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Ultimate and succeeding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ultimate" instead an adjective "Succeeding".
Ultimate
Ultimate adjective - Following all others of the same kind in order or time.
Usage example: the ultimate speaker at today's meeting
Succeeding and ultimate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Succeeding" instead an adjective "Ultimate".
Nearby Words: ultimatum, ultimately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- consequent and succeeding
- consequent and ultimate
- final and succeeding
- final and ultimate
- later and succeeding
- later and ultimate
- subsequent and succeeding
- subsequent and ultimate
- last and succeeding
- last and ultimate
- closing and succeeding
- closing and ultimate
- hindmost and succeeding
- hindmost and ultimate
Both words in one sentence
- When her sister rebelled against her, and came a bit too close to succeeding, Jadis used the ultimate magic spell, 'The Deplorable Word', to extinguish all other life on the planet.
Source: Where I Was Born and Razed -
She went, loaded for revenge but got spooked by Herod's Breaking Speech and the ultimate ramifications of succeeding.
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At the end of the Episode 2 clip on the BBC site, he sounds like a proto-Davros, on how succeeding with his omnicidal mania would be the ultimate power.
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