| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preceding, done |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, ago, antecedent, anterior, completed, elapsed, ended, extinct, finished, foregoing, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, over, over and done, precedent, previous, prior, spent |
Antonyms: |
current, future, present |
| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | olden, former |
Synonyms: |
ages ago, ancient, ancient history, back when, behind one, bygone, bypast, down memory lane, earlier, early, erstwhile, ex-, foregoing, gone-by, good old days, late, latter, latter-day, long-ago, old, olden days, once, one-time, over, preceding, previous, prior, quondam, recent, retired, sometime, time was, way back, way back when |
Antonyms: |
current, future, present |
| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
Related
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, born with, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, in the family, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
| Main Entry: | antecedent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prior |
Synonyms: |
anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, precursory, preliminary, previous |
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: | back |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from earlier time |
Synonyms: |
delayed, elapsed, former, overdue, past, previous |
Antonyms: |
future |
| Main Entry: | erstwhile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | former |
Synonyms: |
bygone, ex, late, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, previous, quondam, sometime |
| Main Entry: | foregoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | come before; previous |
Synonyms: |
above, aforementioned, aforesaid, aforestated, antecedent, anterior, former, past, precedent, preceding, prior |
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 |