Afterward
Afterward adverb - Following in time or place.
Following that and afterward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Following that" instead an adverb "Afterward".
Nearby Word: afterwards
Following that
Afterward and following that are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afterward" instead an adverb phrase "Following that".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- later and afterward
- later and following that
- subsequently and afterward
- subsequently and following that
- after and afterward
- after and following that
- next and afterward
- next and following that
- then and afterward
- then and following that
- after that and afterward
- after that and following that
- thereafter and afterward
- thereafter and following that
Both terms in one sentence
- Following that chapter, and thanks to her housemates giving her clothes as gifts, Takeo wears a wider variety of clothing afterward.
- Following that, he turned to worshiping the true God again...then sometime afterward allowed pride to get to his head and exalted himself, for which God punished him with seven years' madness.
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