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| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preceding, done |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, ago, antecedent, anterior, completed, ended, extinct, finished, foregoing, forgotten, former, gone, over, precedent, previous, prior, spent, elapsed, gone by, over and done |
| Antonyms: | current, future, present |
| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time gone by |
| Synonyms: | antiquity, good old days*, history, time immemorial*, yesterday, yesteryear, days gone by, former times, long ago, old lang syne, old times, olden days, times past, years ago, yore |
| Antonyms: | future, present |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | olden, former |
| Synonyms: | ancient, ancient history*, bygone, earlier, early, erstwhile, foregoing, good old days*, late, latter, old, once, one-time, over, preceding, previous, prior, quondam, recent, retired, sometime, ages ago, back when, behind one, bypast, down memory lane, ex-, gone-by, latter-day, long-ago, olden days, time was, way back, way back when |
| Antonyms: | current, future, present |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
past, ancestral, archaeological, blown over, bygone, cidevant, elapsed, expired, exploded, extinct, foregoing, foregone, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, hesternal, irrecoverable, lapsed, last, late, latter, looking back, never to return, no more, nudiustertian, obsolete, over, overnight, passed away, preterite, preteritial, preterlapsed, preterperfect, preterpluperfect, pridian, pristine, quondam, recent, retroactive, retrospective, run out, sometime, that has been, thenadays, whilom, yestern
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| Main Entry: | ancestral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related to previous family or family trait |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, congenital, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, maternal, old, past, paternal, born with, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, in the family, lineal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
| Main Entry: | antecedent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prior |
| Synonyms: | anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, preliminary, previous, precursory |
| Antonyms: | after, following |
| Main Entry: | anterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beginning, prior |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, previous |
| Notes: | anterior/ventral means 'front, situated at the front' and posterior/dorsal means 'rear, situated at the rear' |
| Antonyms: | ending, posterior, subsequent |
| Main Entry: | before |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | earlier |
| Synonyms: | ahead, ante, back, ere, fore, former, formerly, forward, gone, heretofore, past, previous, previously, since, afore, aforetime, antecedently, anteriorly, before present, gone by, in advance, in days of yore, in front, in old days, in the past, precendently, sooner, up to now |
| Antonyms: | after, afterward, behind, later |
| Main Entry: | beyond |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | further; outside limits |
| Synonyms: | above, after, ahead, before, behind, besides, farther, moreover, outside, over, past, remote, without, yonder, apart from, as well as, at a distance, away from, beyond the bounds, clear of, free of, good way off, hyper, in addition to, in advance of, long way off, more remote, on the far side, on the other side, out of range, out of reach, over and above, over there, superior to |
| Antonyms: | close, inside |
| Main Entry: | by |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | near |
| Synonyms: | aside, at hand, away, beyond, close, handy, over, past, through, in reach, to one side |
| Main Entry: | erstwhile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | former |
| Synonyms: | bygone, late, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, previous, quondam, sometime, ex |
| Main Entry: | foregoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | come before; previous |
| Synonyms: | above, aforesaid, antecedent, anterior, former, past, precedent, preceding, prior, aforementioned, aforestated |
| Antonyms: | after |
| Main Entry: | forgotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of one's mind |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, blanked out, blotted out, blown over, buried, bygone, clean forgot, consigned to oblivion, disremembered, drew a blank, erased, fell between the cracks, gone, lapsed, left behind, left out, lost, obliterated, omitted, past, past recollection, repressed, slipped one's mind, suppressed, unrecalled, unremembered |
| Antonyms: | recalled, recollected, remembered |
| Main Entry: | former |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | previous in time or order |
| Synonyms: | above, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, anterior, bygone, departed, earlier, erstwhile, first, foregoing, late, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, prior, quondam, sometime, aforementioned, ex-, long ago, long gone, of yore, whilom |
| Antonyms: | after, current, ensuing, following, future, present, prospective, subsequent, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | gone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not present, no longer in existence |
| Synonyms: | absent, astray, away, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, displaced, dissipated, done, down the drain*, ended, extinct, finished, lacking, left, lost, missing, moved, over, past, quit, removed, retired, spent, split, transferred, traveling, vanished, withdrawn, AWOL, burned up, consumed, decamped, disappeared, disintegrated, dissolved, dried up, elapsed, flown, no more, nonextant, not a sign of, not here, out the window, passed, run-off, shifted, taken a powder, taken leave, turned to dust |
| Antonyms: | around, current, existing, present, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | historical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recorded as actually having happened |
| Synonyms: | actual, ancient, authentic, classical, factual, important, old, past, real, verifiable, archival, attested, chronicled, commemorated, documented, in truth |
| Antonyms: | fictional |
| Main Entry: | old-fashioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antiquated |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times*, behind the times, bygone, corny*, dated, dead*, dowdy*, extinct, moldy*, musty, neglected, obsolescent, obsolete, obsolete, odd*, old, old-time, out*, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outmoded, passé*, passé, past, primitive, rococo*, superannuated, unfashionable, vintage, demoded, disapproved, démodé, grown old, not current, not modern, not with it, of old, of olden days, of the old school, of the old school, old-fangled, old-hat, olden, oldfangled, out of it, out of style, out-of-style, outworn, unstylish |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preceding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earlier, above |
| Synonyms: | aforesaid, ahead of, antecedent, anterior, before, erstwhile, foregoing, former, forward, front, head, heretofore, introductory, lead, leading, other, past, pioneer, precedent, prefatory, preliminary, preparatory, previous, prior, above-mentioned, above-named, aforeknown, aforementioned, forerunning, one time, pioneering, precursive, precursory, preexistent, prevenient, prodromal, supra |
| Antonyms: | after, below, following, later |
| Main Entry: | primal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | primeval; primary |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, ancient, central, chief, earliest, early, first, fundamental, highest, old, original, paramount, past, prehistoric, primitive, primordial, principal, pristine |
| Main Entry: | prior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earlier |
| Synonyms: | ahead, antecedent, anterior, before, foregoing, former, forward, past, precedent, preceding, previous, above-mentioned, aforementioned, preexistent, preexisting |
| Antonyms: | after, later |
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