100 Best Synonyms for “After”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	according to	as stated by
2.	adapted from	changed from an original
3.	afterward	at a later time
4.	afterwards	at a later time
5.	aiming for	trying to achieve
6.	as per	according to instructions
7.	as soon as	immediately after something happens
8.	at last	finally after waiting
9.	at length	finally after much time
10.	at the rear of	behind in position
11.	based on	founded on something
12.	behind	at the rear of
13.	below	lower in rank than
14.	beneath	lower than in rank
15.	beyond	later than or past
16.	bringing up the rear	last in a line
17.	by	according to a standard
18.	chasing	following in pursuit
19.	close behind	following at short distance
20.	coming behind	following at the rear
21.	consequent on	resulting from something
22.	consequent upon	resulting from something
23.	consistent with	agreeing with something
24.	copied from	taken from an original
25.	derived from	coming from a source
26.	ensuing	coming immediately afterward
27.	eventually	in the end; later
28.	ever since	continuously after then
29.	finally	at the end
30.	follow-up	done after something else
31.	following	coming later than something
32.	hard on	closely following in time
33.	hard upon	closely following in time
34.	hunting for	searching actively for
35.	in accordance with	following a rule or plan
36.	in back of	behind or following
37.	in compliance with	following rules or orders
38.	in conformity with	following accepted requirements
39.	in keeping with	consistent with something
40.	in line with	matching or following
41.	in obedience to	following an order
42.	in pursuit of	following to catch or obtain
43.	in quest of	seeking or pursuing
44.	in search of	looking for something
45.	in the manner of	in a similar style
46.	in the style of	imitating a style
47.	in the wake of	following as a result
48.	junior to	lower in rank or age
49.	lastly	in the final place
50.	late for	arriving after the proper time
51.	later on	at a later time
52.	later than	at a time beyond
53.	later-stage	occurring in a later phase
54.	like	in the manner of
55.	looking for	trying to find
56.	modeled on	made following a model
57.	next	immediately following in order
58.	on the heels of	soon following something
59.	on the lookout for	watching or searching for
60.	on the trail of	following to find or catch
61.	once	as soon as after
62.	over	finished with or past
63.	overdue for	later than expected for
64.	past	later than a time
65.	patterned on	made following a pattern
66.	per	according to
67.	post	after in time
68.	posterior to	situated or occurring behind
69.	postgame	after a game
70.	postoperative	after a surgical operation
71.	postwar	after a war
72.	pursuant to	in accordance with
73.	pursuing	following to catch
74.	rearward of	toward or at the back
75.	resulting from	caused by something
76.	right behind	immediately following behind
77.	searching for	trying to locate
78.	second to	following in rank
79.	seeking	trying to find or obtain
80.	sequel to	something following another
81.	since	from a past time onward
82.	striving for	working to achieve
83.	subsequent to	later than an event
84.	subsequently	at a later point
85.	succeeding	coming next in sequence
86.	successive	following one after another
87.	the instant	as soon as
88.	the minute	as soon as
89.	the moment	as soon as
90.	then	at the next time
91.	thereafter	from that time onward
92.	to the rear of	behind something
93.	trailing	following behind something
94.	trying for	attempting to obtain
95.	ultimately	finally after time
96.	under	according to authority
97.	underneath	below or lower than
98.	upon	immediately after or on
99.	when	at or after the time
100.	working toward	trying to achieve