come after

Verb

Meaning

be the successor (of)

come after in time, as a result

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

chase follow succeed result issue appear flow dog hound replace attend pursue arise proceed derive
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

shepherd trump excel better head top
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

result ensue

Hyponyms

enter replace accede supplant supersede supervene upon

Examples

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing. Isaac Newton

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination. Walt Whitman

For if consciousness is based on language, then it follows that it is of much more recent origin than has been heretofore supposed. Consciousness come after language! The implications of such a position are extremely serious. Julian Jaynes

It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies. Ulysses S. Grant

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. Dave Barry

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself. Henry A. Wallace

Close letter words and terms

come across unexpectedly come across with come across with the money come again come again to come alive