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. Susan Hazzard:

   From what I’ve been told nandrolone is high … pig offal has high concentrations of nandrolone. This food truck that I happened to go to that night – I’ve eaten there a lot before – and this food truck serves pig offal as part of their menu and I think I happened to ingest this hormone and 10 hours later, at the peak of when it’s supposed to be in your body and your digesting it, I happened to get tested and honestly it’s a very unlucky series of events, i’m kinda blown away by what happened and I can't believe I’m going through this as a clean athlete.

2. An Uber spokesperson:

   Affordability is a top reason riders choose shared rides, and we’re internally experimenting with a way to save money in exchange for a later pickup.

3. Dean Haydon:

   [Haque] intended to execute his plan years later, by which time he anticipated he would have trained and acquired an army of soldiers, including children.

4. David Phillips:

   As soon as you have lava being erupted into the system, it just takes some water infiltrating to create an explosive system. Or for the later magma to be more gas-charged that it is currently.

5. Ana Paula Aguiar:

   They cut trees and then later they start fires, so possibly (the spike in fires) will continue, if they have already deforested in the previous month, we'll see fire this month.