Soon after is a phrase that depicts the proximity of time between two occurrences. The word 'after' means following in time or sequence. The antonyms for the term 'soon after' are 'long before', 'distant from', 'far off', 'late' or 'delayed'. These words indicate a considerable gap between two events. While soon after signifies a quick succession, the antonyms describe a considerable delay or remoteness. For instance, if someone says they will meet you soon after work, it implies that you will meet them in a short while. However, if they say they will meet you long before work, it implies you will meet hours before work.

What are the antonyms for Soon after?

• adv.

  • then
  • earlier
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Famous quotes with Soon after

• I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

  Andy Hertzfeld
• And that's how I wrote to NICAP, but then later, just very soon after that, like three weeks later, we started getting phone calls from government agents.

  Betty Hill
• The HoLee model was the first term structure model. I remember reading their paper soon after it was published and as it was fairly different from many of the other papers that I had read, I had to read it quite a few times. I realized that it was a really important paper.

  John Hull
• It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg
• In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.

  Michael McCaul

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