Home › Words › A › aftersmileaftersmileaftersmile means following a smile.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, aftersmile ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom after- + smile.adjFollowing a smile.e.g.“The smile was gone, but the face still had an aftersmile glow on it;” — 1988, Herbert Gold, chapter 7, in Dreaming, New York: Donald I. Fine, page 102:nounA smile that follows something.e.g.“[…] there were funerals as the result of a holy effort (for holy effort still we avow it to have been, and the aftersmile of God hath proved it so).” — 1861, Charles Spurgeon, “Accidents, Not Punishments”, in The New Park Street and Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, volume 7, London: Passmore and Alabaster, published 1862, page 636:A facial expression that follows a smile.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.asmile 65% match — Smiling. vs aftersmile →afterscent 62% match — A scent that follows something; a scent remaining after its source is no longer present. vs aftersmile →permasmile 60% match — A permanent smile. vs aftersmile →aftersign 58% match — An indication of a prior event or condition; a lingering sign or mark; that which remains vs aftersmile →afterwhile 58% match — Afterwards. vs aftersmile →semismile 58% match — A half smile. vs aftersmile →smileful 56% match — Full of smiles. vs aftersmile →aftersense 56% match — A perception that follows an experience; a subsequent sense. vs aftersmile →