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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aftermath has 2 senses
- aftermath(n = noun.phenomenon) backwash, wake - the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" is a kind of consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
- aftermath(n = noun.event) consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual; Array is a kind of final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination
has particulars: corollary, comeupance, comeuppance, deserts, fruit, sequella, train, payoff, reward, wages
CIDE DICTIONARY
aftermath, n. [After + math. See Math.].
A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aftermath, n.
1 consequences; after-effects (the aftermath of war).
2 new grass growing after mowing or after a harvest.
1 consequences; after-effects (the aftermath of war).
2 new grass growing after mowing or after a harvest.
Etymology
AFTER adj. + math mowing f. OE m{aelig}th f. Gmc
THESAURUS
aftermath
afterbirth, afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage, afterpain, aftertaste, bearing, bumper crop, by-product, causation, conclusion, consequence, crop, descendant, dynasty, effect, event, eventuality, fruit, harvest, heir, issue, line, lineage, make, offspring, outcome, output, placenta, posterity, proceeds, produce, product, production, remainder, residual, residuum, result, second crop, secundines, sequel, side effect, successor, track, trail, vintage, wake, yieldROGET THESAURUS
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Acquisition
N acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing, acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative, lucri causa.Productiveness
N productiveness, fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty, pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation, superfetation, milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey, second crop, aftermath, aftercrop, aftergrowth, arrish, eddish, rowen, protoplasm, fertilization, productive, prolific, teeming, teemful, fertile, fruitful, frugiferous, fruit-bearing, fecund, luxuriant, pregnant, uberous, procreant, procreative, generative, life-giving, spermatic, multiparous, omnific, propagable, parturient, profitable.
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