afterwards adv 1: 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" [syn: {subsequently}, {later}, {afterwards}, {afterward}, {after}, {later on}]
Afterwards \Aft"er*wards\, Afterward \Aft"er*ward\, adv. [AS. [ae]fteweard, a., behind. See {Aft}, and {-ward} (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending.] At a later or succeeding time. [1913 Webster]
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "afterwards": after, after a time, after a while, after all, after that, afterward, anon, before long, by and by, by destiny, ex post facto, fatally, hopefully, imminently, in aftertime, in the aftermath, in the future, in the sequel, later, next, predictably, probably, proximo, since, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith, tomorrow