posthumous

Meaning

1. After the death of someone.
2. Taking place after one's own death.
3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
4. In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5. Born after the death of one's father.

Synonyms

after death

postmortem

leave behind

neglect

post mortem

postmortal

continuing

after-born

future

Hyphenated as

pos‧thum‧ous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃə.məs/

Etymology

From Latin posthumus, a variant spelling of postumus, superlative form of posterus (“coming after”), the ⟨h⟩ added by association with humus (“ground, earth”) referring to burial.

Sentences

One quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous .