'after' definitions:
Definition of 'after'
From: WordNet
adverb
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, afterwards, afterward, after, later on]
adverb
Behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"
adjective
Located farther aft
Synonyms of 'after'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abaft,
- accommodated to,
- according to,
- adapted to,
- adjusted to,
- aft,
- after a time,
- after all,
- after that,
- aftermost,
- afterward,
- afterwards,
- agreeable to,
- agreeably to,
- answerable to,
- astern,
- attendant,
- back,
- backward,
- baft,
- because of,
- behind,
- below,
- beyond,
- by,
- by and by,
- by reason of,
- by virtue of,
- cadet,
- conformable to,
- congruent with,
- consecutive,
- considering,
- consistent with,
- due to,
- ensuing,
- ex post facto,
- following,
- for,
- from,
- hind,
- hinder,
- hindermost,
- hindhand,
- hindmost,
- in accordance with,
- in agreement with,
- in back of,
- in compliance with,
- in conformity with,
- in consideration of,
- in correspondence to,
- in harmony with,
- in keeping with,
- in line with,
- in lock-step with,
- in obedience to,
- in search of,
- in step with,
- in the aftermath,
- in the rear,
- in the sequel,
- in uniformity with,
- in view of,
- in virtue of,
- infra,
- junior,
- later,
- later than,
- latterly,
- lineal,
- next,
- on account of,
- out for,
- owing to,
- past,
- per,
- posterior,
- postern,
- proper to,
- puisne,
- rear,
- rearmost,
- rearward,
- retral,
- retrograde,
- sequent,
- since,
- subsequent,
- subsequent to,
- subsequently,
- succeeding,
- successive,
- suitable for,
- tail,
- thanks to,
- then,
- thereafter,
- thereon,
- thereupon,
- therewith,
- uniform with,
- without,
- younger