Afterlife

Quick meaning: Afterlife is a noun meaning A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

Meaning

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

More Meanings

1. The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died.
2. (countable, uncountable, now chiefly informal) The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life.
3. The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death.
4. The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of something, especially a cultural production such as a film, book, etc.

Example Sentences

Many religious people believe in an afterlife.

You'll reunite later, somewhere in the afterlife.

Read in euery Starre, and let the Moone be your Candle to doe it, the prouident disposition of God, the eternitie of your after-life.

Each person took this paper money and dropped it into a huge tin drum which held within it a fierce fire, a bonfire of heavenly money for Tiger’s afterlife.

Word Forms

• afterlives
• afterlifes

Synonyms for afterlife

Depending on context, synonyms include afterworld, byembye, deadland, aftercareer, aftermath.

Antonyms for afterlife

Common opposites include forelife, beforelife, history.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include afterworld, underworld, beyond, excess, death, dead.

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