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later
adjective
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subsequent, following, succeeding, future, upcoming, to come, ensuing, next;
archaic after;
rare posterior.
antonyms earlier, prior.
adverb
1 later, the film rights were sold:
subsequently, eventually, then, next, later on, after this/that, afterwards, following this/that, at a later time, at a later date, at a future time/date, at some point in the future, in the future, in time to come, in due course.
2 two days later a letter arrived:
afterwards, later on, after, after that, subsequently, following;
by and by, in a while, in time, after a bit;
formal thereafter, thereupon.