POSTERIORITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Following in time

Synonyms:

posteriority; subsequence; subsequentness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("posteriority" is a kind of...):

lateness (quality of coming late or later in time)

Antonym:

priority (preceding in time)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("posteriority" is a kind of...):

position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)

Domain category:

quadruped (an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking)

Antonym:

anteriority (the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head)

Derivation:

posterior (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure)