AFTERWARDS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

afterward

adverb

ˈaf-tər-wərd

variants or afterwards

Definition of afterward

as in later

following in time or place we'll go to the play, then have supper afterward

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Recent Examples of afterward However, similar changes have occurred in the past, notably in the context of the Plaza Accord in the 1980s and the Japanese business community’s re-organization of value chains in southeast Asia afterward. — Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Soon afterward, the family left their 60-acre property and moved into the bus that would become their home for the next 16 months. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 His priority afterward was making sure Marshall understood he would not be left to absorb it alone. — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 Others are alcohol-optional or roll straight into a bar night afterward. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for afterward

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His research later expanded into flexible electronics, liquid metal electronics, microsupercapacitors, and lithium-ion batteries.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
What Coulter wants is the inverse, with the child taking the book unaccompanied and the parent free to learn of it later, or not.

— Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of later

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About a quarter of the animals died either upon arrival or within days after, Jaros said.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Not long after, the teen got into a vehicle with Marcareno, made a U-turn and drove past the house, where Rodriguez Fernandez fired six shots from the passenger seat — striking and killing a woman, according to court records.

— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of after

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For years thereafter, the government insisted that nuclear fallout was safe, even as kids across the desert West started receiving leukemia diagnoses.

— Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors can renew that request every two years thereafter, McAdam said.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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