one after another

ADJECTIVE

consecutive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ensuing successive

WEAK

after chronological connected constant continuing continuous following going on in order in turn increasing later logical numerical progressive running sequent sequential serial serialized seriate seriatim succedent succeeding successional understandable uninterrupted

Antonyms

WEAK

broken discontinuous infrequent intermittent interrupted unconsecutive

ADJECTIVE

sequent

Synonyms

WEAK

after chronological connected constant continuing continuous ensuing following going on in order in turn increasing later logical numerical progressive running sequential serial serialized seriate seriatim subsequent succedent succeeding successional successive understandable uninterrupted

ADJECTIVE

successional

Synonyms

WEAK

after chronological connected constant continuing continuous ensuing following going on in order in turn increasing later logical numerical progressive running sequent sequential serial serialized seriate seriatim subsequent succedent succeeding successive understandable uninterrupted

ADVERB

in turn

Synonyms

WEAK

consecutively following in order in sequence orderly sequential succeeding successively

Antonyms

WEAK

out of turn

Example Sentences

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A human chain of volunteers handed chunks of building down the line, one after another, as more time passed.

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

To the outside world, Xi Jinping appears invincible, with leaders from across the globe jetting to China one after another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Instead, they may have developed one after another.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

"Nadia was delightful. She was charming company… And she worked very hard attending flight schools to get her certificates, one after another… These are not easy accomplishments."

From BBC • May 19, 2026

At once they came, waves of them, one after another, and they labored separating and dividing, until what had been a confused mass lay all ordered, every seed with its kind.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

one after another

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