100 Other Words for “After”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Aforetime	at an earlier time
2.	After the fact	once it has happened
3.	Afterward	at a later time
4.	Afterwards	later; following that
5.	Ancestrally	in earlier generations
6.	Anteriorly	in front; earlier
7.	Aposteriori	from effects to causes
8.	At a later date	at some later time
9.	At a later time	later on
10.	At length	eventually; after delay
11.	Back then	in earlier times
12.	Beforehand	in advance; earlier
13.	Belatedly	after the expected time
14.	By and by	before long; soon after
15.	Bygone	past; earlier
16.	Consequently	as a result; afterward
17.	Delayed	occurring later than planned
18.	Down the line	at a later stage
19.	Due to follow	expected to come next
20.	Ere long	soon; shortly thereafter
21.	Eventually	in the end; later
22.	Ex post	after the fact
23.	Ex post facto	after the event
24.	Following	coming next in time
25.	For posterity	for future times
26.	Formerly	in earlier times
27.	Forthwith	immediately thereafter
28.	From that point	starting then
29.	From then on	starting at that time
30.	Future	time yet to come
31.	In due course	at the appropriate later time
32.	In later years	in years afterward
33.	In retrospect	looking back afterward
34.	In subsequent years	in later years
35.	In succession	one following another
36.	In the aftermath	in the time following
37.	In the end	ultimately; later
38.	In the meantime	during the interval
39.	In the sequel	in what follows
40.	In the wake of	following as a result
41.	In time	eventually; later
42.	Later	after some time
43.	Later on	at a subsequent time
44.	Latterly	in more recent times
45.	Long after	much later
46.	Long since	a long time ago
47.	Next	immediately following
48.	Next up	coming immediately after
49.	Not long after	soon afterward
50.	On completion	once finished
51.	On conclusion	once ended
52.	On finishing	once done
53.	Onward	from then forward
54.	Over time	as time passes
55.	Past	time already gone
56.	Post	after; subsequent to
57.	Postdate	to occur later than
58.	Posterior	later; coming after
59.	Posteriority	state of being later
60.	Postevent	occurring after the event
61.	Posthaste	with immediate haste
62.	Posthumously	after death
63.	Postlude	closing section afterward
64.	Postmeridian	after noon
65.	Postnatal	after birth
66.	Postoperative	after surgery
67.	Postscript	added afterward
68.	Postseason	after regular season
69.	Postwar	after a war
70.	Preceding	coming earlier; before
71.	Previously	at an earlier time
72.	Prior	earlier; before
73.	Prior to	before; earlier than
74.	Proximately after	soon after
75.	Retrospectively	looking back afterward
76.	Sequel	what comes after
77.	Soon after	shortly afterward
78.	Soon thereafter	shortly after that
79.	Straight after	immediately afterward
80.	Subsequent	coming after in time
81.	Subsequently	at a later time
82.	Succeeding	coming next after
83.	Successive	following one after another
84.	Thenceforth	from that time onward
85.	Thereafter	from then on
86.	Thereafterward	after that; later on
87.	Thereafterwards	after that; later
88.	Thereupon	immediately after that
89.	Time to come	the future period
90.	Ultimately	in the end; afterward
91.	Up next	coming next
92.	Upon completion	once completed
93.	Upon conclusion	once concluded
94.	Upon finishing	once finished
95.	When done	once finished
96.	When finished	once finished
97.	When over	once ended
98.	When through	once completed
99.	With hindsight	judging after the fact
100.	With time	as time passes