then

Plural: thens

Noun

• That particular time or moment.
• that time; that moment
  • "we will arrive before then"
  • "we were friends from then on"
• That time

Adjective Satellite

• at a specific prior time
  • "the then president"

Adverb

• subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
  • "then he left"
  • "go left first, then right"
  • "first came lightning, then thunder"
  • "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"
• in that case or as a consequence
  • "if he didn't take it, then who did?"
  • "keep it then if you want to"
  • "the case, then, is closed"
  • "you've made up your mind then?"
  • "then you'll be rich"
• at that time
  • "I was young then"
  • "prices were lower back then"
  • "science as it was then taught"

Adv

• At that time.
• Soon afterward.
• Next in order of place.
• In addition; also; besides.
• In that case.
• At the same time; on the other hand.
• Used to contradict an assertion.

Adj

• Being so at that time.

Conj

• Obsolete spelling of than.
• Misspelling of than.

Examples

• He fixed it, then left.
• He was happy then.
• His strategy was great up until THEN, but his opponent found a game-winning Scrabble word.
• If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
• Is it 12 o’clock already? Then it’s time for me to leave.
• It will be finished before then.
• That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
• There are three green ones, then a blue one.
• Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
• You don’t like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?

Synonyms

and so, and then, so, accordingly, as a result, at the time, back in the day, concurrently, ensuingly, followed by, followingly, hereafter, simultaneously, subsequently, syne, then, therefore, therewhile

Antonyms

before, previously, prior to

Related Words

if

Anagrams of then