after

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of AFTER

following in time or place <upon seeing The Nutcracker for the first time, and for a long time after, Irma wanted to play the part of the Mouse King>

Synonyms afterward (or afterwards), later, latterly, subsequently, thereafter

Related Words next; by and by, hereafter, presently, since, soon, then, thereupon; hereinbelow, infra

Near Antonyms formerly; heretofore, theretofore

Antonyms afore [chiefly dialect], ahead, antecedently, anteriorly, before, beforehand, earlier, previously

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