afterwardsadverb
uk/ˈɑːf.tə.wədz/us/ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/mainly UK US usually afterwardA2 after the time mentioned:
We had tea, and afterwards we sat in the garden for a while.
They separated, and soon/shortly afterwards Jane left the country.
More examples
- We agreed on a price but afterwards they wanted £10 extra.
- If you're a good boy at the doctor's I'll take you swimming afterwards.
- Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respective classes.
- I vote (that) we go to the cinema first and eat afterwards.
- He said he had to go to a meeting now, but that afterwards he'd come and discuss the problem.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Before, after and already
- afore
- after
- already
- ante
- as it is idiom
- before
- following
- front
- gone
- heretofore
- immediate
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- in the wake of sth idiom
- later
- shortly
- subsequent
- successor
- thereafter
- this
See more results »