afters

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noun

Dessert.

“What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.”

Similar
dessertsweet
OriginEnglish after ← Middle English after ← Old English æfter →
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Meanings

afters1

nounafters (uncountable)
  1. IrelandUKinformaluncountableDessert.

    What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.

  2. informaluncountableThe festivities held after a wedding meal.

    To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters.

  3. IrelandUKinformaluncountablehobbiesFighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.

    Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players.

    2012 May 12, Nine-man Harps crushed in Wexford, Donegal News
    1 more example

    42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves.

    2010 David Lewis South Africa v England - as it happened: Proteas rip into top order as tourists flounder Daily Mail (16 January 2010)
  4. IrelandUKuncountableAn after-hours drinking session in a public house.

    It was an afters pub, which meant it closed at 11 p.m., doors bolted, but with us all inside.

    2017, Chris Difford, Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze
    1 more example

    The lights flashed when the landlord shouted, “Last round of drinks before bar closes. Here^([sic]) me folks, no 'Afters' tonight mates!”

    2013, Hopeton Gray, Mystic Journeys: Madagascar
  5. uncountableAfter-school care service.

afters2

noun
  1. pluralplural of after

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna dish served as the last course of a meal

Similar
dessertsweet
Broader
course
Also see
dessertpuddingsweet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

afters · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*after
  5. Old Englishæfter
  6. Middle Englishafter
  7. Englishafter
  8. Englishafters

From after + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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afters · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Translations

Bulgarian десе́рт
  • десе́рт (desért)dessert
Finnish jälkiruoka, jälkkäri
  • jälkiruokadessert
  • jälkkäridessert
Polish deser
  • deserdessert
Russian десе́рт
  • десе́рт (desért)dessert
Ukrainian десе́рт
  • десе́рт (desért)dessert

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

afters. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afters

MLA

“afters.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afters. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afters,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afters.

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