Synonyms for serial
ˈsɪər i əlse·ri·al

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1. serialadjective

   Having to do with or arranged in a series.

   Synonyms:
   sequential

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1. serial, seriesnoun

   a serialized set of programs

   "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"

   Synonyms:
   serial publication, series

   Antonyms:
   synchronic, synchronal, synchronous, disordered, unordered

2. series, serial, serial publicationadjective

   a periodical that appears at scheduled times

   Synonyms:
   serial publication, series

   Antonyms:
   synchronal, synchronous, disordered, synchronic, unordered

3. consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successiveadjective

   in regular succession without gaps

   "serial concerts"

   Synonyms:
   incidental, nonparallel, accompanying, ensuant, sequent, consequent, consecutive, straight, resultant, in series(p), attendant, back-to-back, successive, concomitant, sequential

   Antonyms:
   disordered, synchronic, synchronous, unordered, synchronal

4. serialadjective

   pertaining to or composed in serial technique

   "serial music"

   Synonyms:
   sequent, successive, in series(p), nonparallel, sequential, consecutive

   Antonyms:
   synchronic, synchronal, synchronous, unordered, disordered

5. serialadjective

   pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series

   "serial monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial publication"

   Synonyms:
   sequent, successive, in series(p), nonparallel, sequential, consecutive

   Antonyms:
   unordered, synchronous, synchronic, disordered, synchronal

6. serial, in series(p), nonparalleladjective

   of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations

   "serial processing"

   Antonyms:
   unordered, disordered, synchronous, synchronal, synchronic

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. serialadjective

   Synonyms:
   successive, consecutive, continuous, continued

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1. List of paraphrases for "serial":

   series, recurrent, serialized, instalment, number, suite, range, set, serials, stock, standard

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1. Fairfax Police Chief Kevin Davis:

   He's killed four already, and we suspect that he has more victims. He's a predator, as all serial killers are.

2. Prosecutor Jarrett Ferentino:

   We are not talking about fear. We are not talking about fright. We are talking about terror and torture with a capital T. Prosecutor Jarrett J. Ferentino (arguing for the imposition of dearly upon serial killer Hugo Selenski)

3. Dan Gainor:

   Bringing ‘ The Cosby Show ’ to Bounce might do well in the ratings, at least for a little while, but is The Cosby Show ' worth the loss of sponsors who ’ll flee the network because Bill Cosby don’t want Bill Cosby brand to be associated with a company that profits from the ‘ humor ’ of a serial rapist ? media Research Center's easy to forget now, but Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier were among the first black actors who gained widespread acceptance.

4. Anthony Burgess:

   The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.

5. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver:

   Implementation is key, but in the mean time, events keep intervening, and there are serial disappointments, and what (International Monetary Fund Managing Director) Christine Lagarde has called 'the new mediocre' is something that we seem to be confronting.