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 The teacher afterward said I’d had a big heart chakra opening. — Kate Berlant, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 The exhibition draws largely from the museum’s collection of photographs, film, period newspapers, letters and personal accounts to reconstruct the storm and what happened to Miami afterward. — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Stick around afterward too, as Matt and Josh dive into the Lamar Jackson ankle injury saga and other news and notes from Wednesday’s Ravens practice. — Josh Tolentino, Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct. 2026 But if El-Sayed and other progressives were to fall short, that could make Democrats more timid about being ambitious in the 2028 campaign and afterward. — Dylan Scott, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for afterward

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Six days later, Israel held Gaza, the West Bank, Sinai, and the Golan.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of later

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Not long after, the school system, which educates more than 150,000 students, changed its admissions practices to eliminate an extra in-person exam.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Another important step that was done here is showing that the syndrome data from one round only correlates with the data from the one immediately before and immediately after.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of after

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Shortly thereafter Russell O’Brien (Tanner’s husband) and Rachael Oldfield (Matthew’s wife) see a man near the McCanns’ apartment.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
American Airlines flight 339 departed shortly thereafter and reached Georgetown, an airline spokesperson told the Herald.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

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