thereafter
thereafter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. Milton.
- 2.Of that sort. [Obs.] "My audience is not thereafter." Latimer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- after
- afterwards
- close
- come
- date
- eftsoons
- ensue
- follow
- following
- from
- future
- futurity
- into
- later
- moment
- next
- occur
- period
- postdiluvial
- postdiluvian
- posterior
- posteriority
- posthumous
- postnate
- postprandial
- process
- puisne
- remainder
- reversion
- sequel
- sequence
- since
- step
- subsequence
- subsequent
- subsequently
- succeed
- succeeding
- succession
- successor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is thereafter.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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