Synonyms and Antonyms of aftermath
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
- the surgery was successful, but she now had to deal with its aftermath: a huge bill
aftereffect, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
ramification
denouement (also dénouement), echo, implication, repercussion
afterclap, afterglow, aftershock
blowback, by-product, fallout, offshoot, ripple, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off
consideration, determinant, factor
base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork
impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus
mother, origin, root, source, spring
