later

later is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A brick or tile. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A brick or tile.
2. adjective. Compar. of Late, a. & adv.
3. adjective. coming at a subsequent time or stage

   "without ulterior argument"

   "the mood posterior to"

   Synonyms: posterior, ulterior

4. adjective. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

   "the late phase of feudalism"

   "a later symptom of the disease"

   Synonyms: late

5. adverb. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

   "he apologized subsequently"

   "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"

   Synonyms: after, afterward, afterwards, subsequently

6. adverb. at some eventual time in the future

   "By and by he'll understand"

   "I'll see you later"

7. adverb. comparative of the adverb `late'

   "he stayed later than you did"

Synonyms

posterior, ulterior, late, after, afterward, afterwards, subsequently

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in later:

alert, alter, artel, ratel, retal, taler, telar

Common word forms

lateral, laterize

Words from these letters

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