Synonyms of previously

previously

adverb

as in earlier

so as to precede something in order of time

he had prepared the meat stocks previously so as to make things easier on the day of the big dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earlier
• already
• ahead
• before
• early
• formerly
• preliminarily
• now
• beforehand
• antecedently
• anteriorly
• afore
• shortly
• in advance
• first
• soon
• prematurely
• before long
• first off
• presently
• a priori
• erelong

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• later
• afterward
• subsequently
• after
• next
• behind
• by and by

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of previously

In late December, Koop, Page’s family office, was converted out of California and incorporated in Delaware, Fortune’s Sasha Rogelberg previously reported. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Testing autonomy at sea The three-and-a-half-hour exercise used a modified 368-ton unmanned surface vessel previously operated by the US Navy. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Scientists have previously speculated that a GRB would vaporize anything caught in its death rays up to 200 light-years from the source. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

The ministry said both patients were men in their 20s living in the Wapinda health zone, which borders Bas-Uele province, where Ebola cases have been reported previously. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

Trump previously ordered that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of America and that Lake Ontario be renamed Lake America. — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026

Jackson was previously convicted of two counts of assault of a police officer and one count of carrying a pistol without a license and had three parole violations, the agency said. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Asharq Bloomberg previously reported that RedBird was leading a consortium in talks to buy a stake in the club. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Risky infection Pregnant people who have not been vaccinated against measles nor previously had the infection are susceptible. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026