Definitions

later on

Part of Speech:

All (3) Adjective (1) Adverb (2)

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following adj.
later adv.
ulteriorly adv.

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

Antonyms

STRONG

front preceding

WEAK

first leading

ADVERB

later

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afterward again next subsequently thereafter

STRONG

after

WEAK

at another time behind by and by come Sunday down the line down the road in a while in time infra latterly more recent succeeding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

earlier

WEAK

before

ADVERB

ulteriorly

Synonyms

WEAK

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

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later on

He has been succeeded by his son Haakon, 53, who will hold an extraordinary council of state with the government later on Friday.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The preview will be released later on Thursday on YouTube.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Higher screen viewing during certain stages of development was associated with poorer academic results later on and weaker working memory.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Post-mortem examinations are to be carried out later on the bodies of five teenage boys killed when their car being driven the wrong way down a motorway in County Kildare collided head-on with another car.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Two years later, on January 27, 1999, my little sister Adria was born.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

later on

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