Need another word that means the same as “aftermath”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “aftermath” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Aftermath” are: backwash, wake, consequence, repercussions, by-product, fallout, trail, corollary
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “aftermath” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| backwash | The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. Can you please stop drinking straight from the milk carton I don t want your backwash. |
| by-product | A secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence. |
| consequence | A game in which a narrative is made up by the players in turn, each ignorant of what has already been contributed. That result is of no consequence. |
| corollary | A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved. The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts. |
| fallout | Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect. Acid fallout from power stations. |
| repercussions | A movement back from an impact. His declaration had unforeseen repercussions. |
| trail | A trailer for a film or broadcast. Trails of ivy. |
| wake | (especially in Ireland) a party held after a funeral. The motorboat s wake capsized the canoe. |
| adversity | A difficult or unpleasant situation. Resilience in the face of adversity. |
| aftershock | A smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake. |
| aid | The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. An aid agency. |
| befall | Become of; happen to. He promised that no harm would befall her. |
| beset | Be covered or studded with. She was beset with self doubt. |
| betide | Happen to (someone. I waited with beating heart not knowing what would betide. |
| blow | Spout moist air from the blowhole. Blow on the soup to cool it down. |
| calamity | An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster. The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity. |
| cataclysm | A sudden violent change in the earth’s surface. The cataclysm of the First World War. |
| cataclysmic | Used to emphasize the extent of something bad or unwelcome. A cataclysmic earthquake. |
| catastrophe | An event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster. The tax would be a catastrophe for the industry. |
| consequence | A game in which a narrative is made up by the players in turn, each ignorant of what has already been contributed. Abrupt withdrawal of drug treatment can have serious consequences. |
| destruction | An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. The wanton destruction of human life. |
| devastation | The state of being decayed or destroyed. She spoke of her devastation at his death. |
| disaster | A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune. 159 people died in the disaster. |
| disruption | An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. He gave hints on what industry today he believes may be ripe for disruption. |
| dystopia | A work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror. |
| earthquake | A sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crust or volcanic action. A political earthquake. |
| harry | Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes. He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked. |
| holocaust | Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. A nuclear holocaust. |
| impending | (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming. My impending departure. |
| mischance | An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate. By pure mischance the secret was revealed. |
| misfortune | Bad luck. Never laugh at other people s misfortunes. |
| perturbation | A deviation of a system, moving object, or process from its regular or normal state or path, caused by an outside influence. She sensed her friend s perturbation. |
| seismic | Relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust. There are seismic pressures threatening American society. |
| shock | Collect or gather into shocks. Her death gave us all a terrible shock. |
| survival | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. He was fighting for his political survival. |
| tragedy | The dramatic genre represented by tragedies. His life had been plagued by tragedy. |
| tsunami | An arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities or amounts. The loss of human lives from this latest tsunami is staggering. |
| war | Engage in a war. I fought in two wars. |
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