hereafter
The next world
Hereafter means from this point forward in time: Any changes will take effect hereafter.
The word is formal and appears most often in legal or official contexts.
As a noun, the hereafter refers to life after death—the afterlife or whatever existence follows this one: She believed they would meet again in the hereafter.
Sky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- limboState of uncertain waiting
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
judgment · resurrection · soul · reincarnation · salvation · damnation · nirvana · karma
From this time onward
- subsequentlyOccurring after something else
- onwardsAhead in time
- laterAt a subsequent time
- eventuallyAt a later time
forthcoming · destiny · fate · tomorrow · prospect · time to come · from now on
In that place
- aforementionedPreviously mentioned in text
- aforesaidPreviously stated herein
- above-mentionedReferred to earlier
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
stipulations · clauses · hereto · hereby · wherein · hereinbefore · pursuant · undersigned
heaven
Sky or bliss
paradise · judgment · resurrection · soul · reincarnation · salvation · damnation · nirvana · karma · eternity
henceforth
From this time onward
- subsequentlyOccurring after something else
- onwardsAhead in time
- laterAt a subsequent time
eventually · forthcoming · destiny · fate · tomorrow · prospect · time to come · from now on
therein
In that place
- aforementionedPreviously mentioned in text
- aforesaidPreviously stated herein
- above-mentionedReferred to earlier
provisions · stipulations · clauses · hereto · hereby · wherein · hereinbefore · pursuant · undersigned · notwithstanding
- realmsrealm, kingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades
- Archaismsthee, thou, thy, thine, ye
- otherworldsotherworld, spirit world, spirit realm, higher plane, beyond
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- Mythic RealmsAsgard, Avalon, Elysium, Hades, Valhalla
hereafterheretofore
Until this point
past · previously · before · formerly · aforetime
hereafterlife
Animate state
the here and now · mortality · earthly realm · this world · now
hereafterheretofore
Until this point
hereinbefore · aforementioned · aforesaid · above · preceding
- sweet hereafterIdyllic life after death