Aftermath

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: af=ter=math

CIDE DICTIONARY

Aftermath, n. [After + math. See Math.].

 A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Aftermath, n.
1 consequences; after-effects (the aftermath of war).
2 new grass growing after mowing or after a harvest.

Etymology

AFTER adj. + math mowing f. OE m{aelig}th f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Aftermath

afterbirth, afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage, afterpain, aftertaste, bearing, bumper crop, by-product, causation, conclusion, consequence, crop, descendant, dynasty, effect, event, eventuality, fruit, harvest, heir, issue, line, lineage, make, offspring, outcome, output, placenta, posterity, proceeds, produce, product, production, remainder, residual, residuum, result, second crop, secundines, sequel, side effect, successor, track, trail, vintage, wake, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

Aftermath

Acquisition

N acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing, acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative, lucri causa.

Productiveness

N productiveness, fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty, pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation, superfetation, milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey, second crop, aftermath, aftercrop, aftergrowth, arrish, eddish, rowen, protoplasm, fertilization, productive, prolific, teeming, teemful, fertile, fruitful, frugiferous, fruit-bearing, fecund, luxuriant, pregnant, uberous, procreant, procreative, generative, life-giving, spermatic, multiparous, omnific, propagable, parturient, profitable.