LATER Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

later 1 of 2

adverb

ˈlā-tər

Definition of later next

as in afterwards

following in time or place we're going to go to the mall later on

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later

2 of 2

adjective

ˈlā-tər

as in subsequent

being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date

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Recent Examples of later

Adverb

The project later scaled back to a $672 million investment with fewer than 1,500 positions. —

Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025 An excerpt from my conversation with him is later in this newsletter. —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Reports and public records show that Lurie was also part of the LAPD response later in the week, including being informed that UCLA police were overwhelmed by counterprotesters on the night of April 30 — although there was a lag between those reports and requests for mutual police aid. —

Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Two years later, though, Clinton awarded Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter the Presidential Medal of Freedom. —

Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for later

Recent Examples of Synonyms for later

Adjective

Many visitors would come in subsequent years to the Calle Ocho Open House, created in 1977, and later known as the Calle Ocho festival.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Ultimately, adopting the suggested changes would help people get a more accurate diagnosis and subsequent treatment, Keerthana Kesavarapu, DO, an associate professor of medicine who focuses on nutrition and obesity sciences at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, told Health.

— Korin Miller, Health, 22 Jan. 2025