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

Example sentences :

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

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