adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɑːftə.wədz/
General-American:/ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/
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homophone: afterwords
CMU ARPABET:AE1 F T ER0 W ER0 D Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
At a later or succeeding time; after that;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: temporal-location, time
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subsequently, later, afterward, after, later on
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.
Across languages
Translations
168 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
pastaj
— at a later or succeeding time
Arabic:
أَخِير
(ʔaḵīr)
— at a later or succeeding time
Arabic:
بَعْدَ ذٰلِك
(baʕda ḏālik)
— at a later or succeeding time
Arabic:
من بعد
(min baʕd)
— at a later or succeeding time
Armenian:
հետո
(heto)
— at a later or succeeding time
Aromanian:
apoi
— at a later or succeeding time
Belarusian:
пазне́й
(paznjéj)
— at a later or succeeding time
Belarusian:
по́тым
(pótym)
— at a later or succeeding time
Belarusian:
заты́м
(zatým)
— at a later or succeeding time
Belarusian:
пасля́
(pasljá)
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
এরপর
(erpor)
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
এর পর
(er por)
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
এরপরে
(erpore)
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
এর পরে
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
তারপর
(tarpor)
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
তার পর
(tar por)
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
তারপরে
(tarpore)
— at a later or succeeding time
Bengali:
তার পরে
— at a later or succeeding time
Bislama:
bihaen
— at a later or succeeding time
Bulgarian:
след това
— at a later or succeeding time
Bulgarian:
впоследствие
(vposledstvie)
— at a later or succeeding time
Burmese:
နောက်ပြီး
(naukpri:)
— at a later or succeeding time
Carpathian Rusyn:
пузднїйше
(puzdnjijše)
— at a later or succeeding time
Carpathian Rusyn:
майпотум
(majpotum)
— at a later or succeeding time
Carpathian Rusyn:
пак
(pak)
— at a later or succeeding time
Carpathian Rusyn:
потум
(potum)
— at a later or succeeding time
Carpathian Rusyn:
потому
(potomu)
— at a later or succeeding time
Catalan:
després
— at a later or succeeding time
Cherokee:
ᎤᎶᏐᏅ
(ulosonv)
— at a later or succeeding time
Chinese Cantonese:
然後 /然后
(jin4 hau6)
— at a later or succeeding time
Chinese Cantonese:
然之後 /然之后
(jin4 zi1 hau6)
— at a later or succeeding time
Chinese Mandarin:
然後 /然后
(ránhòu)
— at a later or succeeding time
Czech:
později
— at a later or succeeding time
Czech:
poté
— at a later or succeeding time
Danish:
bagefter
— at a later or succeeding time
Danish:
senere
— at a later or succeeding time
Dutch:
nadien
— at a later or succeeding time
Dutch:
achteraf
— at a later or succeeding time
Esperanto:
poste
— at a later or succeeding time
Finnish:
jälkeenpäin
— at a later or succeeding time
Finnish:
jälkikäteen
— at a later or succeeding time
Finnish:
perästäpäin
— at a later or succeeding time
Finnish:
sittemmin
— at a later or succeeding time
Finnish:
myöhemmin
— at a later or succeeding time
Finnish:
perässä
— at a later or succeeding time
French:
après
— at a later or succeeding time
French:
ultérieurement
— at a later or succeeding time
French:
ensuite
— at a later or succeeding time
French:
après coup
— at a later or succeeding time
French:
par la suite
— at a later or succeeding time
Georgian:
შემდეგ
(šemdeg)
— at a later or succeeding time
Georgian:
შემდგომ
(šemdgom)
— at a later or succeeding time
Georgian:
შემდეგში
(šemdegši)
— at a later or succeeding time
German:
später
— at a later or succeeding time
German:
nachher
— at a later or succeeding time
German:
danach
— at a later or succeeding time
German:
hinterher
— at a later or succeeding time
Gothic:
𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴
(biþē)
— at a later or succeeding time
Greek:
ύστερα
(ýstera)
— at a later or succeeding time
Greek:
κατόπιν
(katópin)
— at a later or succeeding time
Greek:
μετά
(metá)
— at a later or succeeding time
Ancient Greek:
ὑστέρως
(hustérōs)
— at a later or succeeding time
Ancient Greek:
εἶτα
(eîta)
— at a later or succeeding time
Hebrew:
אחר־כך
(akhar-kakh)
— at a later or succeeding time
Hindi:
बाद में
(bād mẽ)
— at a later or succeeding time
Hindi:
पश्चात
(paścāt)
— at a later or succeeding time
Hittite:
𒀀𒀊𒉺
(a-ap-pa)
— at a later or succeeding time
Hungarian:
azután
— at a later or succeeding time
Hungarian:
később
— at a later or succeeding time
Hungarian:
utóbb
— at a later or succeeding time
Hungarian:
utólag
— at a later or succeeding time
Hungarian:
utána
— at a later or succeeding time
Ido:
pose
— at a later or succeeding time
Interlingua:
pois
— at a later or succeeding time
Irish:
ina dhiaidh sin
— at a later or succeeding time
Italian:
dopo
— at a later or succeeding time
Italian:
poi
— at a later or succeeding time
Italian:
successivamente
— at a later or succeeding time
Italian:
in seguito
— at a later or succeeding time
Italian:
dopodiché
— at a later or succeeding time
Japanese:
その後
(sonogo)
— at a later or succeeding time
Japanese:
それから
(sorekara)
— at a later or succeeding time
Japanese:
後で
(atode)
— at a later or succeeding time
Central Kurdish:
لە دواییا
(le dwayya)
— at a later or succeeding time
Central Kurdish:
پاشان
(paşan)
— at a later or succeeding time
Latin:
posteā
— at a later or succeeding time
Latin:
mox
— at a later or succeeding time
Latin:
hinc
— at a later or succeeding time
Latin:
tunc
— at a later or succeeding time
Latvian:
pēc tam
— at a later or succeeding time
Latvian:
vēlāk
— at a later or succeeding time
Māori:
muri
— at a later or succeeding time
Māori:
nō muri
— at a later or succeeding time
Middle English:
afterward
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian:
i etterkant
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian:
derpå
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Bokmål:
etter
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Bokmål:
etterpå
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Bokmål:
senere
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Bokmål:
deretter
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Bokmål:
i ettertid
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Nynorsk:
etter
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Nynorsk:
etterpå
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Nynorsk:
deretter
— at a later or succeeding time
Norwegian Nynorsk:
i ettertid
— at a later or succeeding time
Pannonian Rusyn:
познєйше
(poznjejše)
— at a later or succeeding time
Pannonian Rusyn:
вец
(vec)
— at a later or succeeding time
Pannonian Rusyn:
после
(posle)
— at a later or succeeding time
Pannonian Rusyn:
потим
(potim)
— at a later or succeeding time
Persian:
بعد
(ba'd)
— at a later or succeeding time
Persian:
بعداً
(ba'dan)
— at a later or succeeding time
Persian:
سپس
(sepas)
— at a later or succeeding time
Plautdietsch:
hinjahäa
— at a later or succeeding time
Polish:
później
— at a later or succeeding time
Polish:
potem
— at a later or succeeding time
Portuguese:
depois
— at a later or succeeding time
Portuguese:
mais tarde
— at a later or succeeding time
Portuguese:
em seguida
— at a later or succeeding time
Romanian:
apoi
— at a later or succeeding time
Romanian:
mai târziu
— at a later or succeeding time
Russian:
по́зже
(pózže)
— at a later or succeeding time
Russian:
потом
(potom)
— at a later or succeeding time
Russian:
после
(posle)
— at a later or succeeding time
Russian:
впосле́дствии
(vposlédstvii)
— at a later or succeeding time
Sanskrit:
अनु
(anu)
— at a later or succeeding time
Scottish Gaelic:
an dèidh sin
— at a later or succeeding time
Scottish Gaelic:
an dèidh làimhe
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
после
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
касније
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
послије
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
потом
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
накнадно
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
posle
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
kasnije
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
poslije
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
potom
— at a later or succeeding time
Serbo-Croatian:
naknadno
— at a later or succeeding time
Slovak:
potom
— at a later or succeeding time
Slovene:
potém
— at a later or succeeding time
Lower Sorbian:
pótom
— at a later or succeeding time
Lower Sorbian:
pón
— at a later or succeeding time
Spanish:
después
— at a later or succeeding time
Spanish:
consecuentemente
— at a later or succeeding time
Spanish:
en seguida
— at a later or succeeding time
Swedish:
efteråt
— at a later or succeeding time
Swedish:
senare
— at a later or succeeding time
Tagalog:
pagkatapos
— at a later or succeeding time
Tamil:
பின்னே
(piṉṉē)
— at a later or succeeding time
Tok Pisin:
bihain
— at a later or succeeding time
Turkish:
sonradan
— at a later or succeeding time
Turkish:
daha sonra
— at a later or succeeding time
Turkish:
sonraları
— at a later or succeeding time
Turkish:
sonra
— at a later or succeeding time
Turkish:
sonrasında
— at a later or succeeding time
Ukrainian:
пізні́ше
(pizníše)
— at a later or succeeding time
Ukrainian:
зго́дом
(zhódom)
— at a later or succeeding time
Ukrainian:
по́тім
(pótim)
— at a later or succeeding time
Urdu:
بعد میں
(bād mẽ)
— at a later or succeeding time
Vietnamese:
sau này
— at a later or succeeding time
Vietnamese:
sau đó
— at a later or succeeding time
Vietnamese:
về sau
— at a later or succeeding time
Volapük:
poso
— at a later or succeeding time
Walloon:
après
— at a later or succeeding time
Walloon:
paraprès
— at a later or succeeding time
Walloon:
après ça
— at a later or succeeding time
Walloon:
après çoula
— at a later or succeeding time
Welsh:
wedyn
— at a later or succeeding time
Yiddish:
דערנאָך
(dernokh)
— at a later or succeeding time