afterwards

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: af=ter=wards

CIDE DICTIONARY

afterwards, adv. [AS. æfteweard, a., behind. See Aft, and -ward (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending.].

 At a later or succeeding time.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

afterwards, adv. (US afterward) later, subsequently.

Etymology

OE {aelig}ftanwearde adj. f. {aelig}ftan AFT + -WARD

THESAURUS

afterwards

after, after a time, after a while, after all, after that, afterward, anon, before long, by and by, by destiny, ex post facto, fatally, hopefully, imminently, in aftertime, in the aftermath, in the future, in the sequel, later, next, predictably, probably, proximo, since, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith, tomorrow

ROGET THESAURUS

afterwards

Posteriority

N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.