afterwards

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after +‎ -wards. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːftə.wədz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ Hyphenation: af‧ter‧wards Homophone: afterwords === Adverb === afterwards (not comparable) (temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that; ==== Synonyms ==== afterhand, afterward; see also Thesaurus:subsequently ==== Antonyms ==== beforehand ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== after ==== Translations ====