one after another
Single file movement
One after another describes things happening or appearing in sequence, each following the previous without significant pause: The witnesses testified one after another.
The phrase emphasizes repetition or accumulation—a series of similar events rather than isolated instances: One disaster after another struck the region.
Interchangeable with one after the other.
- one by oneIn succession, separately
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- seriatimOne after another, methodically
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- sequentialOccurring in succession
queue · back-to-back · without a break · ripple effect · domino effect · one at a time · in a row · in order · relay · procession · stepwise · in turn · like clockwork · cascade · following · chain · wavelike · linked
- in seriessequence, order, sequential, following, chronological
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
one after anothersimultaneously
At the same instant
all at once · at the same time · concurrently · together · in parallel
one after anotherrandomly
Without deliberate selection
sporadically · haphazardly · irregularly · at random · erratically
one after anotherrandomly
Without deliberate selection
haphazardly · all at once · chaotically · helter-skelter · willy-nilly
after, other, another, others, otherwise, otherness, another's