After all
After all adverb - In spite of expectations.
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Then again and after all are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Then again" instead an adverb phrase "After all".
Then again
Then again adverb - (contrastive) from another point of view.
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Synonyms for Then again
After all and then again are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "After all" instead an adverb phrase "Then again".
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Related pairs
- still and after all
- still and then again
- but and after all
- but and then again
- nevertheless and after all
- nevertheless and then again
- nonetheless and after all
- nonetheless and then again
- however and after all
- however and then again
- yet and after all
- yet and then again
- though and after all
- though and then again
Both terms in one sentence
- After all, purple is viewed as a space-ish color, despite outer space being mostly black (but then again, Purple Is the New Black).
Source: Gravity Is Purple -
Then again, would you want to marry him after all the trouble you went through to get that instead of something cool?
Source: Video Game / Puyo Puyo -
Then again, there may well be Truth in Television Justification for this; after all, a commander without an army is effectively useless.
Source: The Man Behind the Curtain
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Then again and After all. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/after_all/then_again
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