the hereafter
noun phrase

- after death
- the afterlife
- life after death
- in the life or world to come
- an existence beyond earthly life
- the future beyond mortal existence
- the life which some people believe you have after you have died

It's interesting to see how different dictionaries define the same concept with different words.

The above definitions are from: The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, The Cambridge Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, dictionary dot com, Collins English Dictionary, and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

I like to check several dictionaries before deciding which definition to take for OWAD :-)

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ORIGIN

Old English heræfter "in the future; later on". The meaning "after death" is mid-14c. As a noun "time in the future" is from the 1540s.

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SYNONYMS

afterlife, eternal life, everlasting life, deathlessness, everlastingness, endlessness, immortality, the Everafter, Kingdom come

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Find an opportunity to SMUGGLE OWAD into a conversation:

"One should be a bit careful when talking about THE HEREAFTER. But if you’re up for it, here’s a light way of easing into the subject: Do you know the seven ages of man? spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills, and wills."