Antonyms for come aftercome af·ter

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1. come after

   Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.

   Synonyms:
   accompany, attend, chase, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, imitate, obey, observe, practise, pursue, result, succeed

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1. • Result

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1. follow, come afterverb

   come after in time, as a result

   "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"

   Synonyms:
   take after, watch, watch over, fall out, stick with, keep up, be, comply, succeed, adopt, observe, play along, abide by, travel along, trace, follow, surveil, accompany, come, postdate, pursue, keep abreast, stick to, survey, espouse, conform to, keep an eye on

2. succeed, come after, followverb

   be the successor (of)

   "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

   Synonyms:
   keep up, take after, adopt, watch over, comply, stick with, keep an eye on, deliver the goods, be, travel along, win, come, observe, play along, abide by, watch, trace, follow, surveil, accompany, fall out, postdate, bring home the bacon, pursue, keep abreast, stick to, survey, come through, espouse, conform to, succeed

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1. come after

   Antonyms:
   precede, antecede

   Synonyms:
   follow, succeed

How to use come after in a sentence?

1. Don Blankenship:

   It probably doesn’t surprise them that much that Obama and his people would come after me, and they did and they failed because they didn’t win any of the felony convictions.

2. Anne Scott:

   I was threatened not to tell anyone. If I told anyone he would come after me and I would be in trouble, i said nothing to anyone. I developed an eating disorder, I developed post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorder, major anxiety and depression.

3. Ilhan Omar:

   This is for us to say, this is for us to say that if you come after one of us, you come after all of us, if I survived militia I certainly can survive these people.

4. Robert Fico:

   The security of Slovakia and its citizens is our priority, claims by migrants come after that. We will protect Slovakia, you can count on us.

5. Walter Palmer:

   This has been especially hard on my wife and my daughter, they've been threatened in the social media, and again... I don't understand the level of humanity to come after people not involved at all.

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