Synonyms for successive
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Coming one after the other in a series.
They had won the title for five successive years.
Related words
- Word family
- successively successiveness succeed success succession
Example sentences
- continuous Can you work on continuous improvement initiatives?
- consecutive Next Monday and Tuesday are consecutive holidays.
- sequential Will there be a sequential translation into other languages?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| successive | falling | |
| continuous | falling | |
| consecutive | steady | |
| sequential | steady | |
| sequent | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- after2
- 6 letters
- serial3
- 7 letters
- sequent2
- 10 letters
- continuous4, sequential3
- 11 letters
- consecutive4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (after2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- successif
- Italiano
- successivo