Home › Words › A › aftercastaftercastaftercast means A consequence or result.EtymologyFrom after- + cast.nounA consequence or result.An analysis of past events; retrodiction or review.An analysis of past events; retrodiction or review.; An analysis of past meteorological data to determine what the weather was like at a previous time.e.g.“An aftercast of the weather indicated that at the time of the accident the ceiling and visibility in the vicinity of Ptarmigan Mountain was unlimited.” — 1941, Accident Investigation Report, page 2:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aftercome 76% match — A subsequent result; consequence. vs aftercast →aftercoming 70% match — A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome. vs aftercast →aftermath 67% match — That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe. vs aftercast →aftcast 66% match — A kind of analysis which takes an event which has already happened, or is assumed to happen, and studies the causes which could have led up to that event. vs aftercast →repercussion 65% match — A consequence or ensuing result of some action. vs aftercast →aftercost 64% match — A subsequent expense related to but occurring after the source of an expenditure. vs aftercast →afterhaps 64% match — subsequent happenings. vs aftercast →afteract 63% match — An act performed afterwards. vs aftercast →