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after all

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All (13) Adverb (10) Conjunction (1) Preposition (2)

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eventually adv.
finally adv.
however adv.
lastly adv.
lastly/last adv.
nevertheless adv.
once and for all adv.
still and all adv.
though adv.
ultimately adv.
still conj.
notwithstanding prep.
since prep.

ADVERB

eventually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

finally in the course of time one day someday sooner or later ultimately

WEAK

at last at the end of the day hereafter in future in the end in the long run sometime when all is said and done

Antonyms

STRONGEST

never

ADVERB

finally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

already belatedly eventually someday sooner or later subsequently ultimately

STRONG

lastly

WEAK

after a while 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

however

Synonyms

STRONGEST

nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding still yet

STRONG

all the same be that as it may but despite for all that in spite of that just the same regardless

WEAK

anyhow howbeit on the other hand per contra though withal without regard to

ADVERB

lastly

Synonyms

STRONG

finally last

WEAK

after at last behind in conclusion to conclude ultimately

Antonyms

WEAK

firstly

ADVERB

lastly/last

Synonyms

WEAK

after all in all at last at the end behind bringing up rear finally in conclusion in the rear to conclude to sum up ultimately

Antonyms

WEAK

firstly/first

ADVERB

nevertheless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

still though yet

STRONG

nonetheless notwithstanding withal

WEAK

although but even so even though howbeit not the less regardless still and all

ADVERB

once and for all

Synonyms

WEAK

at last at long last at the end conclusively in conclusion in the end it's about time sooner or later

ADVERB

still and all

Synonyms

WEAK

all the same be that as it may besides but even for all that furthermore howbeit however nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding though withal yet

ADVERB

though

Synonyms

STRONGEST

nevertheless still

WEAK

all the same for all that howbeit nonetheless notwithstanding still and all withal

ADVERB

ultimately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically conclusively finally someday sooner or later

WEAK

after a while 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

CONJUNCTION

still

Synonyms

STRONGEST

even so nevertheless nonetheless regardless yet

STRONG

however notwithstanding

WEAK

but despite the fact howbeit still and all

PREPOSITION

notwithstanding

Synonyms

STRONG

nevertheless nonetheless withal

WEAK

against at any rate but despite for all that howbeit in any case in any event in spite of on the other hand regardless of though to the contrary

PREPOSITION

since

Synonyms

WEAK

as by reason of considering for forasmuch as in consideration of in view of inasmuch as insomuch as on account of seeing that

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It’s an abstract matryoshka shape, after all, a triangle, a trinity—mother, daughter, doll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Crypto isn’t risk-free after all, as thieves take Binance for $6.3 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

She could have put it in a tax-advantaged 529 account in your children’s name, after all, but she chose not to.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Earlier this month it hired her again after all this time so she could choreograph 20 dancers in three numbers for the Long Live the Black Parade shows at the Hollywood Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

When the cookies were found to not be very good, Ryan said it was probably true that he made them after all.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

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