Synonyms of the word aftermath


AFTERMATHBACKWASH - CONSEQUENCE - EFFECT - EVENT - ISSUE - OUTCOME - RESULT - RESULTANT - TERMINATION - UPSHOT - WAKE

aftermath

  • n. (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the…
  • n. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying…

backwash

  • n. (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
  • n. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
  • n. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
  • n. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
  • v. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

consequence

  • n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
  • n. A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
  • n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results…
  • n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
  • n. Importance with respect to what comes after.
  • n. The power to influence or produce an effect.
  • n. (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
  • v. (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

effect

  • n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
  • n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
  • n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
  • n. (cinematography) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect").
  • n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced…
  • n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
  • n. (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
  • n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
  • n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
  • n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
  • v. To make or bring about; to implement.
  • v. Misspelling of affect.

event

  • n. An occurrence; something that happens.
  • n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
  • n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
  • n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating…
  • n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
  • n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
  • n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
  • v. (obsolete) To occur, take place.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.

issue

  • n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
  • n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
  • n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
  • n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
  • n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
  • n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
  • n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
  • n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
  • n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
  • n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
  • n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
  • v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
  • v. To rush out, to sally forth.
  • v. To extend into, to open onto.
  • v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
  • v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
  • v. To send out; to put into circulation.
  • v. To deliver for use.
  • v. To deliver by authority.

outcome

  • n. That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
  • n. (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
  • n. (education) The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes.
  • n. (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.

result

  • v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances,…
  • v. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; followed by in.
  • v. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
  • v. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
  • n. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is…
  • n. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
  • n. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
  • n. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
  • n. (sports) The final score in a game.
  • n. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
  • interj. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

resultant

  • adj. following as a result or consequence of something.
  • n. anything that results from something else; an outcome.
  • n. (mathematics) a vector that is the vector sum of multiple vectors.

termination

  • n. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
  • n. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
  • n. An end in time; a conclusion.
  • n. An end in space; an edge or limit.
  • n. An outcome or result.
  • n. The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.
  • n. (medicine) An induced abortion.
  • n. (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
  • n. The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

upshot

  • n. (US) A concise summary.
  • n. The final result, or outcome of something.

wake

  • v. (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
  • v. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive…
  • v. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
  • v. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
  • v. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
  • v. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch.
  • v. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
  • n. (obsolete, poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
  • n. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
  • n. A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.
  • n. (historical, Church of England) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication…
  • n. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
  • n. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
  • n. (figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
  • n. A number of vultures assembled together.

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