Definition of HEREAFTER

hereafter

Meanings

Plural: hereafters

Noun

  • life after death
  • the time yet to come
  • A future existence or state.
  • Existence after death.

Adverb

  • in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.
  • in a future life or state
    • "hope to win salvation hereafter"
  • following this in time or order or place; after this
    • "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"

Adv

  • In time to come; in some future time or state.
  • From now on.
  • Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)

Adj

  • Future.

Origin / Etymology

From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.

Synonyms

afterlife, aftertime, eternal life, followed by, future, futurity, henceforth, henceforward, hereinafter, hereunder, one day, see also Thesaurus:life after death or Thesaurus:afterlife, see also Thesaurus:the future, someday, subsequently, then, thereafter, time to come, unborn

Antonyms

past

Scrabble Score: 15

hereafter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hereafter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 14

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