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or afterwards
Synonyms & Antonyms of afterward
following in time or place
- we'll go to the play, then have supper afterward
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Antonyms for afterward
- afore
- [chiefly dialect],
- ahead,
- antecedently,
- anteriorly,
- before,
- beforehand,
- earlier,
- previously
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The first known use of afterward was in the 13th century
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