since
After that time
Since is most often an adverb but when followed by a single noun phrase, a date, or a point in time, it acts as a preposition to indicate the starting time of something: We’ve lived here since 1998.
As a conjunction, since can introduce a point in time in the form of a clause (since I was five years old), or it can state the reason or justification for something, like because: I worked in the lobby since it’s the only place with free Wi-Fi.
For the reason that
- asComparison word
- given thatAcknowledging a premise
- seeing thatBecause; considering
- inasmuch asTo whatever extent
in that · for · being that · now that · when · whereas · insofar as
Gone by, temporally
- intervalDuration between two points
- spanDistance between endpoints
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- passageSegment of text
stretch · interim · meantime · interlude · while · years ago · long ago · way back
At a subsequent time
- subsequentlyOccurring after something else
- henceforthFrom this time onward
- thenceforthFrom that time forward
- meanwhileDuring the intervening time
ongoing · continuous · lasting · enduring · persisting · remaining · continuing · unbroken
because
For the reason that
- asComparison word
- given thatAcknowledging a premise
- seeing thatBecause; considering
inasmuch as · in that · for · being that · now that · when · whereas · insofar as
elapsed
Gone by, temporally
passage · stretch · interim · meantime · interlude · while · years ago · long ago · way back · ages ago
afterward
At a subsequent time
- subsequentlyOccurring after something else
- henceforthFrom this time onward
- thenceforthFrom that time forward
meanwhile · ongoing · continuous · lasting · enduring · persisting · remaining · continuing · unbroken · sustained
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- prepositionsabove, about, across, after, along
- justificationsjustification, rationale, reason, excuse, explanation
- causationcause, effect, because, causality, causation
- Cause Wordsbecause of, owing to, thanks to, as a result of, on account of
- conjunctionsand, but, or, for, nor
sincedespite
In spite of
although · notwithstanding · even though · therefore · consequently
- ever sinceFrom a past point onward
- since whenExpression of incredulous surprise
- best thing since sliced breadHyperbolic praise for innovation
- the best thing since sliced breadHyperbolic praise for novelty
- since forever
- greatest thing since sliced breadHyperbolic praise for novelty