thereafter

adv

1. (not-comparable)After that time, from then on; thenceforth.

   “Near-synonyms: afterward, afterwards”

   “He left; thereafter we never met again.”

   “The Lent term had pulled me down, a week of modest enjoyment thereafter in town had finished the work; and I drank in the sharp moorish air like a thirsty man who has been forwandered among deserts.”

   “"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."”

   “He chuckled, and thereafter spoke no more. He did not stir as I passed by him and went down into the cabin.”

2. (not-comparable)After that (the thing aforementioned).

   “The little dog was off like a shot, and the children went running thereafter.”

noun

1. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).
2. (countable, poetic, uncommon, uncountable)Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).

   “A mimed sequence might enliven Johnny's visit to the great thereafter; or the battle royal might be painted on a backdrop.”