afterwards 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" [syn: subsequently, later, afterward, after, later on]

English

Etymology

AS. æfteweard, a., behind. See Aft, and -ward (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, originally a genitive ending.

Pronunciation

• (UK) /ˈɑːftəwədz/
• (US) /ˈæftɚwɚdz/
• Hyphenation: af·ter·wards

Adverb

afterward or afterwards

1. At a later or succeeding time.

Translations

• Bosnian: posle
• Dutch: nadien, achteraf
• Esperanto: poste
• Finnish: jälkeenpäin, jälkikäteen, perästäpäin
• French: après, ultérieurement, ensuite
• German: später, nachher, danach, hinterher
• Greek: ύστερα, κατόπιν
• Hebrew: אחר-כך (akhar-kakh)
• Italian: dopo
• Kurdish: ,
• Portuguese: depois, mais tarde
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: после

  Latin: posle

• Spanish: después
• Turkish: sonradan, daha sonra

Antonyms

• beforehand

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