Synonyms of hereafter

hereafter 1 of 2

adverb

hir-ˈaf-tər 

as in later

from this point on

he is giving up all his worldly goods and hereafter will devote his life to the poor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• later
• henceforth
• afterward
• subsequently
• henceforward
• thereupon
• hereupon

hereafter

2 of 2

noun

1

as in future

time that is to come

apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• future
• tomorrow
• futurity
• by-and-by
• offing
• finality
• posterity
• eventuality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• past
• now
• yesterday
• today
• present
• antiquity
• moment
• old
• yesteryear
• yore

2

as in immortality

unending existence after death

hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immortality
• afterlife
• eternity
• afterworld
• beyond
• otherworld

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hereafter

Adverb

Employers now and hereafter must alert their employees to these new rights. — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025

Nothing that happens hereafter is the steam shower’s fault. — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2025

Noun

The otherworlds that Véra claimed were central to his metaphysics don’t necessarily exist in a temporal hereafter, but rather in a spatial here and now. — Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022

The vulture, serpent, and falcon are traditional iconography of eternal protection in the hereafter. — National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2022