aftertime

noun

af·​ter·​time ˈaf-tər-ˌtīm 

plural aftertimes

: a later or future time

They wondered how life would be different in the post-pandemic aftertime.

It is so much more natural to describe her in the aftertime, when life had left its impress on face and voice …

—Rose Porter

Examples of aftertime in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What place was there, in such a time, in such an aftertime, for a lyric poet of tender sensibilities and transcendent vision? — John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022

Here, a mother and child converse in 'aftertime' after the child dies by suicide. — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 25 May 2021

Word History

Etymology

after- + time entry 1

First Known Use

1557, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for aftertime

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime