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following
noun
1 following
2 following
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.
synonyms: chase, pursual, pursuit.
Dutch: achtervolging, jacht
adjective
1 following
About to be mentioned or specified:
— The following items.
synonym: undermentioned.
Roget 117:
subsequent,
posterior,
following,
after,
later,
succeeding,
postliminious†,
postnate†;
postdiluvial†,
postdiluvian†;
puisne†;
posthumous;
future
etc.
121;
afterdinner,
postprandial.
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Roget 478:
demonstrating
etc.
v.,
demonstrative,
demonstrable;
probative,
unanswerable,
conclusive;
apodictic†,
apodeictic†,
apodeictical†;
irresistible,
irrefutable,
irrefragable;
necessary.
categorical,
decisive,
crucial.
demonstrated
etc.
v.;
proven;
unconfuted†,
unanswered,
unrefuted†;
evident
etc.
474.
deducible,
consequential,
consectary†,
inferential,
following.
[demonstrated to one's satisfaction]
convincing,
cogent,
persuasive
(believable)
484.
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2 following
3 following
Going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction.
4 following
In the desired direction.
Moby thesaurus: adherent, after, afterlife, alike, aped, appendage, appendant, attendance, attendant, audience, behind, below, body of retainers, buff, bugging, cadet, cavaliere servente, chase, clientage, clientele, cloak-and-dagger work, cohort, coming, coming after, consecution, consecutive, consecutiveness, consequent, consequential, consimilar, continuation, continuity, copied, copying, cortege, counterespionage, counterfeit, counterfeiting, counterintelligence, court, courtier, cynegetic, dangler, deducible, dependent, derivable, derivational, derivative, descent, disciple, dogging, electronic surveillance, emulation, ensuing, entourage, ersatz, espial, espionage, extension, fake, fakery, fan, favoring, final, fishing, flunky, follow, follow-up, follower, forgery, future time, halieutic, hanger-on, hangover, henchman, hit-off, homme de cour, homogeneous, hue and cry, hunting, identical, imitated, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, in full cry, in hot pursuit, in pursuit, infenible, intelligence, intelligence work, junior, lateness, later, like, line, lineage, lineal, logical sequence, military intelligence, mimesis, mimicked, mirroring, mock, nearly reproduced, next, next life, not unlike, observation, onomatopoeia, order, order of succession, parasite, parody, partisan, phony, piscatorial, piscatory, plagiarism, plagiary, postdate, postdating, posterior, posteriority, postposition, postpositional, postpositive, procession, progression, prolongation, prosecution, provenience, proximate, public, puisne, pursuance, pursuant, pursuer, pursuing, pursuit, pursuivant, quest, questing, remainder, repetition, resembling, resultant, resulting, retinue, rotation, rout, satellite, searching, secret police, secret service, sectary, seeking, sequacious, sequence, sequent, sequential, series, shadow, shadowing, similar, simulated, simulation, since, smacking of, something like, spying, stakeout, stalking, stooge, subjunction, subsequence, subsequent, subsequent to, succeeding, succession, successive, successiveness, successor, suffixation, suffixed, suggestive of, suite, supervenience, supervention, supporter, surveillance, synthetic, tagtail, tail, tailing, takeoff, tracking, tracking down, trailing, train, trainbearer, uniform with, votary, ward heeler, wiretap, wiretapping, younger ... show more.
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