Meanings
- not comparableFollowing, next in order.
At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLCSynonyms: next
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of succeed
plural succeedings
- success
It is good for a man in the midst of prosperity to fear a Ruin, and in the midst of adversity to hope for better succeedings.
1722, Nicholas Ling, John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth, page 105
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFollowing, next in order.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecoming after or following
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Italian successivo
- successivoFollowing, next in order
Russian сле́дующий, после́дующий
- сле́дующий (slédujuščij)Following, next in order
- после́дующий (poslédujuščij)Following, next in order
Spanish postremo, sucesor
- postremoFollowing, next in order
- sucesorFollowing, next in order
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with succeeding
Cite this entry
succeeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succeeding
“succeeding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succeeding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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