Definitions

after a while

ADJECTIVE

following

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coming consecutive ensuing subsequent succeeding successive

STRONG

attendant back hinder latter posterior pursuing rear resulting serial specified then trailing

WEAK

a while later afterward coming after coming next consequent consequential directly after henceforth in pursuit in search of in the wake of later later on next next off on the scent presently proximate sequent sequential seriate supervenient when

Antonyms

STRONG

front preceding

WEAK

first leading

ADVERB

finally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

already belatedly eventually someday sooner or later subsequently ultimately

STRONG

lastly

WEAK

after all as a sequel at last at length at long last at the eleventh hour at the end at the last moment despite delay in conclusion in spite of all in the eleventh hour in the long run sometime tardily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

never

WEAK

doubtfully dubiously inconclusively

ADVERB

someday

Synonyms

STRONGEST

finally one day sometime sooner or later subsequently ultimately

WEAK

anytime at a future time in a time to come on a day one fine day one of these days one time or another

Antonyms

STRONGEST

never

ADVERB

ulteriorly

Synonyms

WEAK

after afterward afterwards again at another time behind by and by come Sunday down the line down the road in a while in time infra later on latterly more recent next subsequently succeeding thereafter

ADVERB

ultimately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically conclusively finally someday sooner or later

WEAK

after all as a conclusion at last at long last at the close by and by climactically fundamentally hereafter in conclusion in consummation in due time in future in the end in the sequel presently sequentially sometime somewhere

Antonyms

WEAK

never

Example Sentences

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But after a while, that could end up a positive for Tesla, some analysts have said.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

Ms McCubbin said when she came out hospital, she was using a zimmer frame and after a while she decided "no more".

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Yeah, I mean, after a while you conclude it is in some sense antisemitic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

When you are working and your experiences are mostly coming through scripted, mostly fictional stuff, after a while, there’s that possibility that you start to feel a little disconnected from actual life and the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

“But you will after a while, and then what will become of me?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

after a while

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