Antonyms for after-math

Grammar : Noun

Spell : af-ter-math, ahf-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæf tərˌmæθ, ˈɑf-

Definition of after-math

Origin : 1520s, originally a second crop of grass grown after the first had been harvested, from after + -math, a dialectal word, from Old English mæð "a mowing, cutting of grass" (see math (n.2)). Figurative sense by 1650s. Cf. French regain "aftermath," from re- + Old French gain, gaain "grass which grows in meadows that have been mown," from a Germanic source, cf. Old High German weida "grass, pasture"

As in outcome : noun consequence, effect
As in product : noun result or goods created
As in backwash : noun repercussion
As in result : noun effect brought about by something
As in sequel : noun follow-up
As in upshot : noun end result
As in wake : noun trail behind something
As in side effect : noun adverse or unwanted secondary effect
As in materialization : noun effect
As in resultant : noun effect
As in sequent : noun effect
As in consequence : noun result, outcome of action
As in after-effect : noun repercussion
As in aftermath : noun situation following an event, occurrence
As in effect : noun result
As in event : noun effect, result
As in eventuality : noun something that probably will happen

Example sentences :

So, when it comes, the after-math shall find you feeding still.
Extract from : « Theocritus » by Theocritus

The cow was foddered with after-math, hay, and potatoes; the horse with the same hay and oats.
Extract from : « Domestic Animals » by Richard L. Allen

It was the after-math of Paardeberg, which claimed more lives long after, than in all its hours of slowly intensifying agony!
Extract from : « With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back » by Edward P. Lowry

She could send several cheeses to table,—new milk cheese, nettle-cheese, floaten milk cheese and eddish or after-math cheese.
Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present » by John Timbs

Synonyms for after-math

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