successive

1. 1.

   in regular succession without gaps

   “serial concerts”

   Synonymsconsecutivesequentsequentialserial

   Similarordered

Questions about successive

What does successive mean?

successive means "in regular succession without gaps".

How many syllables are in successive?

successive has 3 syllables: suc-ces-sive. The stress falls on "ces". In IPA it is /səkˈsɛsɪv/.

What is another word for successive?

Close synonyms include consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is successive a common word?

successive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with successive?

3 words rhyme with successive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.