Posthumous

Adjective

 * 1)  Born after the death of one's father.
 * ''Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers
 * 1) Taking place after one's own death.
 * 2) * Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.
 * 3) In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
 * ''His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive

Derived terms

 * posthumous execution
 * posthumously
 * posthumousness
 * posthumous work

Adverbs for Posthumous
ironically; unfortunately; tardily.

Thesaurus
after the Fall, after the flood, after the war, after-dinner, afterdeath, delayed, late, post-obit, postbellum, postcenal, postcibal, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, postlapsarian, postmortal, postmortem, postmortuary, postmundane, postobituary, postprandial, postwar, retarded

Alternative forms

 * post-humous