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Antonyms for after-thoughts
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : af-ter-thawt, ahf- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæf tərˌθɔt, ˈɑf- |
Definition of after-thoughts
Origin :- 1660s, from after + thought.
- As in remembrance : noun memory, recollection
- As in double take : noun delayed reaction
- As in second thought : noun reconsideration
- As in footnote : noun note at bottom of document
- As in afterthought : noun idea that occurs after it is timely
- Many of them were after-thoughts, that occurred along the way.
- Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
- No regrets will avail, no excuses will help, no after-thoughts can profit us.
- Extract from : « The German War » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Ears, hair, and the other adjuncts come in later as after-thoughts.
- Extract from : « Children's Ways » by James Sully
- His illness and these after-thoughts had taught him lessons, and given him hopes.
- Extract from : « The Great Gold Rush » by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
- Or were some of them after-thoughts, and others in the original version?
- Extract from : « Shakespearean Tragedy » by A. C. Bradley
- These were after-thoughts of men anxious to screen themselves at the expense of others.
- Extract from : « A Short History of the Royal Navy 1217 to 1688 » by David Hannay
- But After-thoughts, in this month's Macmillan, is well worth perusal.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 » by Various
- But he forgot these after-thoughts in the pleasurable sympathy that his view of the candidate's wife and niece aroused.
- Extract from : « The Candidate » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
- A woman's blow gracefully taken adds a score of inches to our stature, floor us as it may: we win the world's after-thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- And I cannot help but remark that after-thoughts are hardly conducive to right results.
- Extract from : « Readings on Fascism and National Socialism » by Various
Synonyms for after-thoughts
- afterthought
- anamnesis
- arriere-pensee
- better thoughts
- disillusion
- double take
- esprit d'escalier
- explanation
- flash
- flashback
- hindsight
- mental image
- mind
- recall
- recognition
- reconsideration
- reconstruction
- reference
- regard
- reminiscence
- reservation
- rethinking
- retrospect
- review
- second thought
- thinking again
- thought
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