Synonyms for afterthought
ˈæf tərˌθɔt, ˈɑf-af·ter·thought

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1. reconsideration, second thought, afterthought, rethinknoun

   thinking again about a choice previously made

   "he had second thoughts about his purchase"

   Synonyms:
   second thought, reconsideration, rethink

2. afterthoughtnoun

   an addition that was not included in the original plan

   "the garage was an afterthought"

   Synonyms:
   reconsideration, rethink, second thought

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1. • Addition
   • Reversal

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1. List of paraphrases for "afterthought":

   by-product, hindsight

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1. Raymond Lee:

   You spend a lot of effort in onboarding and treating people well. But when it comes to offboarding it’s almost an afterthought, you want your employees who are exiting to say, ‘I really enjoyed the years I’ve given to the organization.

2. Daniela Ferrera:

   It was very frustrating that my community was just an afterthought, and I felt like The Biden campaign really gave up on us, but I will never give up on this community.

3. Devang Sanghavi:

   Right now, these patients sometimes seem to be an afterthought.

4. Natasha Kennedy:

   It's huge because it means that for the first time... governments and donors must include people with disability as a principle of global development and not as an afterthought.

5. Alice Wu:

   I take a character who in a million years would never think she'd be the main character in a movie... but here I make her front and center. I think that's her emotional journey, as she goes from being like an afterthought in the school to being the main character -- like, really owning it in her life, i think that's probably true for a lot of us... we might think about ourselves a lot and we're self-absorbed, but we don't always see ourselves as the main characters in our life.