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. Joanna Gaines:

   Several days later, I decided to go on a good long jog, trusting that Chip would not leave Drake again, as I was on my way back, I saw Chip coming down the road. He rolled up to me with his window down and said, ‘Baby, you’re doing so good. I’m heading to work now. I’ve got to go.’ I looked in the back, thinking, Of course he’s got Drake. But I didn’t see a car seat.

2. Matthew Smith:

   Rohingya families were burnt out of their homes, their people watched loved ones get massacred, there was systemic rape, so just a few months later to demand that this population work with the authorities and particularly with respect to issues of identity, it's not on the cards.

3. John Allen:

   As you recall about this time last year, we were all facing the horror of what was happening in the vicinity of Sinjar to the Yazidi people. A year later, Kurdish forces, some number of thousands of them, have launched into the attack to push Daesh (ISIS) out of that area.

4. Purkh Kaur:

   Looks like I'll be a little later coming back. Save me some lunch if you can. he hasn't done a lot of overnight hikes, or a lot of backcountry hikes.

5. Rhonda Boyd:

   Treating someone early on can change the trajectory of what happens later.