adjective
posterior
Occurring later in time or order.
The revised agreement is posterior to the original contract.
Etymology
Latin posterior means later or farther behind. The temporal sense keeps that position behind something else in a sequence.
More examples
- These letters are posterior to the author's first novel.
- A posterior revision corrects several errors in the first edition.
- The amendment was posterior to the court's decision.
Forms
posterior
Similar words
- later
- The ordinary, less formal choice for time or sequence.
- subsequent
- More commonly describes events occurring after a specified event.
- following
- Often points to the next item in a sequence.