Ahead
Ahead adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Usage example: call ahead for reservations
Later
Later adverb - Following in time or place.
Usage example: we're going to go to the mall later on
Both words in one sentence
- Even though later villains could make mincemeat out of him, they almost always started out in a similar "tier" of power to the heroes; Frieza started out several tiers ahead.
Source: Outside-Context Problem -
A later book has an ahead-of-her-time Victorian girl travelling to the 1990s, with similar results — the culture shock is just too great for her to feel comfortable staying there.
Source: Born in the Wrong Century - While graphically similar, the simulation engine running it was so ahead of its time that it powered games over a decade later.
Source: Literature / You
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Later and Ahead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 18, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/later
Ahead & Later. N.p., 2016. Web. 18 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/later>.
Later or Ahead. 2016. Accessed August 18, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/later.
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