afterward
Meaning of afterward
adverb
- at a later or future time.
the offender was arrested shortly afterwards
Old English æftewearde, from æftan ‘aft’ + -wards, influenced by after.
Information about afterward
- It is an adverb.
- The plural form of afterward is: afterwards.
- Languages in which afterward is used:
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Hyphenation of afterward
af-ter-ward
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- afterward is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
afterward synonyms
Meaning subsequently:
subsequently, later, afterwards, after
Meaning after that; next; afterwards:
Meaning on the first or soonest occasion after the present; immediately afterwards:
Meaning in the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems:
Meaning immediately or shortly after that:
Translation of afterward
- French: après
- Portuguese: depois
- Spanish: después
- Italian: dopo, successivamente
- German: später, nachher, danach
Words that rhyme with afterward
Ward, ward, Americaward, Laward, award, misaward, proaward, reaward, seaward, superaward, thraward, vaward, arcticward, Edward, Godward, Windward, Woodward, adward, amidward, bedward, childward, cloudward, edward, fieldward, godward, groundward, headward, hindward, hoardward, landward, midlandward, midward, redward, strandward, weirdward, windward, woodward, worldward, yondward, Europeward, Eward, Hereward, Leeward, Romeward, Seward, Steward, aforeward, archsteward, battleward, bridgeward
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