syne

¹syne

adv \ˈsīn\

Definition of SYNE

chiefly Scottish

: since then : ago

Examples of SYNE

1. <a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that begins with “From the bonny bells of heather / They brewed a drink long syne”>

Origin of SYNE

Middle English (northern), probably contraction of Old English siththan since — more at since

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SYNE

Synonyms: agone [archaic], back, since, ago [chiefly Scottish]

Antonyms: hence

Rhymes with SYNE

bine, brine, chine, cline, dine, dyne, fine, Jain, line, Main, mine, nine, pine, Quine, Rhine, rind, shine, shrine, sign, spine, spline, stein, swine, thine, tine, trine, twine, vine, whine, wine