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 Researchers who studied the episode afterward found no actual break in production. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 Cheryl Casone is set to host the program this week, with other anchors rotating into the position afterward. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The hospital said afterwards that hundreds of patients and staff were evacuated when the air raid alarm was raised indicating an incoming an strike. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 The pineapple and coconut rum baba afterward was the dessert of my dreams. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for afterward

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Three months later, Ariana is back in her confessional chair with an update.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Some fifteen years later, her determination to study Schubert lieder with expert teachers was in large part what impelled her to go to Europe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

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Burnes underwent Tommy John surgery shortly thereafter, then suffered a teres major strain this June that shut him down from his throwing progression.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Gloria Steinem attributed her mother's nervous breakdown before she was born, and her treatment in mental institutions and the workforce thereafter, as key to her interest in social injustices.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

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