come after

1. 1.

   come after in time, as a result

   “A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake”

   Synonymsfollow

   Broaderresult
2. 2.

   be the successor (of)

   “Carter followed Ford”

   “Will Charles succeed to the throne?”

   Synonymssucceedfollow

   Narroweraccedesupplant

Questions about come after

What does come after mean?

come after means "come after in time, as a result". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for come after?

Close synonyms include follow, succeed, follow. 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 come after a common word?

come after is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.