The quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end.

Roget 63: sequence, coming after; going after etc. (following) 281; consecution, succession; posteriority etc. 117.    continuation; order of succession; successiveness; paracme^†.    secondariness^†; subordinancy etc. (inferiority) 34.    afterbirth, afterburden^†; placenta, secundines [Med.].    ... show more

Roget 235: rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland.    occiput [Anat.], nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut^†, breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region, lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone^†; natch, natch bone.    stern, poop, afterpart^†, heelpiece^†, crupper.    wake; train etc. (sequence) 281.    reverse; other side of the shield.    ... show more

Following in time.

synonyms: subsequence, subsequentness.

Roget 117: posteriority; succession, sequence; following etc. 281; subsequence, supervention; futurity etc. 121; successor; sequel etc. 65; remainder, reversion.    ... show more

Polish: następczość