The term 'next' can be defined in many ways, and the crossword solutions provided offer a variety of synonyms for the word. ENSUING (7 letters) means to follow or come after something, PROXIMATE (9 letters) means CLOSE in space, time, or relationship, ABUTTING (8 letters) means to be ADJACENT or touching, IMMEDIATE (9 letters) means occurring without any delay, INTIMATE (8 letters) means closely acquainted or familiar, SUBSEQUENTLY (12 letters) means FOLLOWING in time or order, CLOSEST (7 letters) means NEAREST in space or time, HENCEFORTH (10 letters) means from this time forward, POSTERIOR (9 letters) means coming after in time, LATTERLY (8 letters) means recently, BEHIND (6 letters) means at the back of, ADJACENT (8 letters) means next to or adjoining, FOLLOWING (9 letters) means coming after, SECOND (6 letters) means next after the first, FUTURE (6 letters) means happening or existing after the present time, BESIDE (6 letters) means at the side of, CLOSE (5 letters) means NEAR in space or time, NEAR (4 letters) means not far away, INFRA (5 letters) means below or beneath, whos (4 letters) means who is, THEN (4 letters) means after that, ontap (5 letters) means ready to be used, ondeck (6 letters) means ready to take action, NEAREST (7 letters) means CLOSEST in space or time, and SOONEST (7 letters) means as soon as possible. Secondly (8 letters) means in the SECOND place. All of these words are related to the concept of 'next' in some way, either referring to something that follows in time or space, or something that is CLOSE or NEAR.