| Main Entry: | ere |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | sooner than |
Synonyms: |
before, prior, rather |
| Main Entry: | before |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | earlier |
Synonyms: |
afore, aforetime, ahead, ante, antecedently, anteriorly, back, before present, ere, fore, former, formerly, forward, gone, gone by, heretofore, in advance, in days of yore, in front, in old days, in the past, past, precendently, previous, previously, since, sooner, up to now |
Antonyms: |
after, afterward, behind, later |
| Main Entry: | before |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | earlier than |
Synonyms: |
ahead of, ante, antecedent to, anterior to, ere, in advance of, in front of, preceding, previous to, prior to, since |
Antonyms: |
after, afterward, behind, later |
| Main Entry: | or |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | either |
Synonyms: |
alternative, else, ere, instead, oppositely, otherwise, rather, substitute, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | before |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
Related
Adjectives: |
before, aforesaid, ante-jentacular, antecedaneous, antecedent, antecibal, antelucan, antepaschal, anteprandial, anterior, antevenient, before mentioned, epiclimactically, fore, foregoing, former, front, head-on, inaugural, inferoanterior, introductory, isagogic, preagonal, precedent, preceding, precibal, precursive, precursory, predormient, prefatory, prelapsarian, preliminary, preludious, prelusive, prelusory, premundane, preparatory, preprandial, prevenient, prior, probouleutic, prodromous, proemial, propaedeutic, said, vanward, wraparound
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