Synonyms for later
ˈleɪ tərlat·er

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1. lateradverb

   Antonyms:
   earlier

2. lateradverb

   Dismissive term to minimize importance of an annoying persons.

   The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.

   Antonyms:
   earlier

3. lateradjective

   At some time in the future.

   The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

   Antonyms:
   earlier

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1. later

   Synonyms:
   after, concluding, consequent, following, hind, hinder, hindmost, latter, posterior, subsequent, succeeding

   Antonyms:
   antecedent, anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, forward, front, introductory, precedent, preceding, preliminary, previous, prior

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1. later(a), ulterior, posterioradjective

   coming at a subsequent time or stage

   "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"

   Antonyms:
   antecedent

2. late, later(a)adverb

   at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

   "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"

   Antonyms:
   antecedent

3. subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later onadverb

   happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

   "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that"

   Synonyms:
   after, subsequently, by and by, afterwards, afterward, later on

   Antonyms:
   antecedent

4. by and by, lateradverb

   at some eventual time in the future

   "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"

   Synonyms:
   after, subsequently, by and by, afterwards, afterward, later on

   Antonyms:
   antecedent

5. lateradverb

   comparative of the adverb `late'

   "he stayed later than you did"

   Synonyms:
   after, subsequently, by and by, afterwards, afterward, later on

   Antonyms:
   antecedent

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1. lateradjective

   Synonyms:
   subsequent, posterior

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1. List of paraphrases for "later":

   subsequently, subsequent, after, late, latest, afterwards, thereafter, iater, then, posterior, trailing, further, future, rear, following, below, afterward, latter, eventually

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1. Brett Adams:

   The prediction that high water was coming wasn't too concerning, we've never had water go over the levee. But two days later, we learned the river was going to rise 15 feet and it was full panic attack.

2. Thomas Adams:

   He who demands mercy and shows none burns the bridges over which he himself must later pass.

3. Gary Somerset:

   In 1994, we were producing 20,000 copies a day of both the Federal Register and Congressional Record. Twenty years later, we produce roughly 2,500 print copies a day.

4. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz:

   There is a glimpse of hope since Minsk ... We should do everything now to improve the situation and decide later whether that improvement really happened and we can reduce the sanctions, or if we have to extend them.

5. Kenneth Zucker:

   The vast majority of children lose their desire to be of the other gender later, so what that means is that one should be very cautious in assuming say that a 6-year-old who has strong desire to be of the other gender will feel that way 10 years later.