
Meaning of AFTERWARDS
| Pronunciation: | | 'aftuwudz
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adv] happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" |
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| | Synonyms: | | after, afterward, later, later on, subsequently |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Aft"er*wards\, Afterward \Aft"er*ward\, adv. [AS.
[ae]fteweard, a., behind. See {Aft}, and {-ward} (suffix).
The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive
ending.]
At a later or succeeding time.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | after, after a time, after a while, after all, after that, afterward, anon, before long, by and by, by destiny, ex post facto, fatally, hopefully, imminently, in aftertime, in the aftermath, in the future, in the sequel, later, next, predictably, probably, proximo, since, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith, tomorrow |
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