after

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymssubsequentlylaterafterwardsafterwardlater on
2. 2.

   behind or in the rear

   “and Jill came tumbling after”

1. 1.

   located farther aft

   Similaraft

Questions about after

What does after mean?

after means "happening at a time subsequent to a reference time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in after?

after has 2 syllables: af-ter. The stress falls on "af". In IPA it is /ˈæftɚ/.

What is another word for after?

Close synonyms include subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, later on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is after a common word?

after is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.