| after | future, later, following |
| after-hours | subsequent time, later moments |
| after-loss | later blow, knock given after others have been suffered |
| after-love | later gratitude, future loyalty |
| after-nourishment | later sustenance |
| backsword | a basket-hilted sword with a single-edged blade and a thin back; later, a sword-like stick with a basketwork hilt, used in fencing practice |
| Carthage | capital of the Carthaginian state, 1st millennium BC; close to the later site of Tunis |
| consequently | subsequently, later, then |
| continue | happen later, follow after |
| downfall | later stages, declining, passing away |
| ducdame | [unclear meaning] probably a nonsense word, explained later by Jaques to mean a ‘Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle’ |
| eftsoons | later on, afterwards |
| elder | later one, more advanced one |
| hereafter | future, forthcoming, later |
| latter | recent, of one's later days |
| Moorfields | site once used for training militia, near Moorgate, London; later, a popular park |
| Parca | ['pron: 'pahrka] originally a Roman birth-goddess, later identified with the Parcae, goddesses who decide the destiny of humans |
| Pomfret | Pontefract, West Yorkshire; site of a castle in which Richard II was imprisoned; later, a Lancastrian stronghold |
| posterior | [facetious] hind part, later part |