a while later

ADJECTIVE

following

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coming consecutive ensuing subsequent succeeding successive

STRONG

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

WEAK

after a while 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

afterward/afterwards

Synonyms

WEAK

after another time at a later time behind by and by ensuingly eventually in a while intra late later latterly next on the next day post hoc soon subsequently then thereafter thereon ultimately

Antonyms

WEAK

beforehand

Example Sentences

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With the apology delivered, Trump walked into the State Dining Room with Netanyahu a while later to unveil a 20-point peace plan that Kushner also helped craft alongside Witkoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

“The end,” Feghali delivered her punch line as she read the story for a smaller group a while later.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

The woman said that a while later, she left her apartment to walk her dog and found Ziegler standing in the hallway.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

"A headstone marked the grave and a while later Willie had a replica Greyfriars Bobby statue made mounted on a cairn."

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2023

But sleep wouldn’t soon come, and a while later, the door opened again, and someone laughed.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

a while later

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