Definition for Aftereffect:

• any result that follows its cause after an interval

Synonyms for Aftereffect:

• n.

  •
  • someone's chickens come home to roost,
  • boomerang effect,
  • chickens come home to roost.
  •after-effect (noun)
  • hangover,
  • offshoot,
  • trail,
  • wake,
  • aftermath.
  •aftermath (noun)
  • residual,
  • results,
  • impact,
  • residuum,
  • after-effects,
  • consequences,
  • remainder.
  •by-product (noun)
  • fall-out,
  • after-effect.
  •consequence (noun)
  • payback,
  • follow through,
  • sequence,
  • waves,
  • can of worms,
  • end,
  • bottom line,
  • chain reaction,
  • reaction.
  •corollary (noun)
  • culmination,
  • end product,
  • induction,
  • precipitate,
  • analogy.
  •effect (noun)
  • conclusion,
  • backwash,
  • denouement,
  • fruit,
  • development,
  • causatum,
  • offspring,
  • pursuance,
  • backlash,
  • ramification,
  • reflex,
  • response,
  • flak.
  •event (noun)
  • happenstance,
  • chance,
  • fortuity,
  • sequent,
  • hap,
  • resultant,
  • termination,
  • case.
  •eventuality (noun)
  • happening,
  • possibility,
  • probability,
  • toss-up,
  • contingency.
  •hangover (noun)
  • dts,
  • morning after,
  • willies,
  • drunkenness,
  • shakes,
  • under the weather,
  • headache,
  • delirium tremens,
  • big heads,
  • head ache,
  • withdrawal,
  • big head.
  •outcome (noun)
  • payoff,
  • score.
  •outgrowth (noun)
  • derivative,
  • member,
  • branch,
  • descendant,
  • yield,
  • emergence,
  • by-product.
  •phenomenon (noun)
  • aftereffect.
  •result (noun)
  • emanation,
  • arrangement,
  • returns,
  • finish,
  • production,
  • creature,
  • proceeds,
  • completion,
  • close,
  • decision,
  • execution,
  • crop,
  • settlement,
  • consummation,
  • determination,
  • harvest.
  •sequel (noun)
  • codicil,
  • legacy,
  • coda,
  • train,
  • ending,
  • Postlude,
  • Consecution,
  • order,
  • progression,
  • finishing,
  • postscript,
  • afterthought,
  • series,
  • closing,
  • row,
  • part two,
  • epilogue,
  • posterity,
  • chain,
  • continuation,
  • alternation,
  • epilog.
  •side effect (noun)
  • spinoff,
  • concomitant,
  • leftover.
  •upshot (noun)
  • core,
  • sense,
  • meat,
  • climax,
  • purport,
  • meaning,
  • gist,
  • burden,
  • thrust,
  • finale,
  • pith,
  • substance.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fallout,
  • repercussion,
  • shock wave,
  • aftershock.

Antonyms for Aftereffect:

• n.

  • consequence
    cause, commencement, insignificance, worthlessness, beginning, unimportance, inception, start, origin, rise, source.
  • corollary
    foundation, opening.
  • effect
    question.
  • eventuality
    unlikelihood, improbability, plan.
  • hangover
    sobriety.
  • outgrowth
    ingrowth, parent.
  • result
    initiation, introduction, unfulfillment, failure.
  • sequel
    original.
  • upshot
    exterior, outside, Exteriority, anticlimax.
  • Other antonyms:
    incentive, groundwork, occasion, spring, factor, ground, causation, inspiration, mother, reason, consideration, instigation, impetus, basis, base, stimulus, antecedent, determinant, root.

Hyponym for Aftereffect:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    event, result, consequence, issue, upshot, outcome, effect.
  • state
    effect.