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. Chancellor Jose V. Sartarelli:

   Over the past several weeks, many of you have inquired about the status of Mike Adams, Dr. Mike Adams, in light of the public attention generated by comments he made on his personal social media channels. We can now share the update that after a discussion with Chancellor Chancellor Jose V. Sartarelli, Mike Adams has decided to retire from UNCW, effective August 1, 2020. We will have no further comment on this matter at this time, but we plan to share an update later this week regarding how we hope to move forward as a university community.

2. Adam Schiff:

   January 6 will be remembered as one of the darkest days in our nation's history. Yet, more than a year later, the threat to our democracy is as grave as ever. January 6 was not a day in isolation, but the violent culmination of multiple efforts to overturn the last presidential election and interfere with the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in our history, the former President and his allies have spent every day since January 6 attempting to rewrite history about that bloody attack on our nation's Capitol. That's why these public hearings are so essential -- to show the American people exactly how January 6 came about, who is responsible, and most critically, what we can and must do to prevent another attack on our democracy.

3. Paul Weinhold:

   The feedback we are getting right now is because of some major projects around the state, and certainly on campus, there is a real tight supply of available sub-contractors. It is not true inflation but they are very busy so they charge more, so we would have to evaluate what it would cost to do the project a year later.

4. Jill Castle:

   If a child doesn't eat his dinner and is hungry later, you can say,' we don't have snack at this time. ... We have breakfast tomorrow morning,'.

5. John Kilduff:

   To a certain degree, this reduces the economics of storing oil for later delivery, it's also feeds the idea that the supply-demand balance is swinging the other way, from surplus to tightness.