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Afterthoughts
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
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noun
- 1
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
"She packed her sandals only as an afterthought, but she was glad she did."
- 2
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
"This whole remodeling was an afterthought; we were only going to paint and call it good."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Afterthoughts"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rethinknoun | The act of thinking again about something. |
| reconsiderationnoun | The act of reconsidering or something reconsidered. |
| second thoughtnoun | thinking again about a choice previously made |
| addendanoun | Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document. |
| afterwordnoun | an epilogue. |
| thoughtsnoun | "Thoughts" is the seventeenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on August 28, 2013. |
| afterwordsnoun | an epilogue. |
| musingsnoun | thought, meditation, contemplation |
| afterall | Misspelling of after all. |
| think aboutverb | (transitive) To consider as a course of action. |
| overthinkingnoun | The act of thinking too much about something. |
| afterwards | (temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that; |
| thinkingnoun | Thought; verbal noun of think. |
| thought processnoun | The steps that a person or group goes through in arriving at a thought. |
| aforethoughtnoun | (postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time. |
| ruminationsnoun | (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration. |
| new thoughtnoun | A spiritual movement, sometimes classed as a Christian denomination, promoting the ideas that Infinite Intelligence, or God, is everywhere, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect. |
| overthinkverb | To think or analyze too much. |
| cogitationsnoun | (uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation. |
| musingnoun | thought, meditation, contemplation |
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