after the event

Synonyms

retroactively retrospectively ex post facto

Antonyms

in the nick of time

Examples

Literature is analysis after the event. Doris Lessing

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. Maurice Maeterlinck

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. Winston Churchill

It is easy to be wise after the event. English Proverb

Every one is wise after the event. German Proverb

It is easy to be wise after the event. Traditional Proverb

Words in the phrase

after the event

Close letter words and terms

after the current era after the death of the originator after the dust settles after the fact after the fashion of after the final