Related Words for a thing of the past

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above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
achievement
x/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
adventure
x/x
Noun, Verb
affair
x/
Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
alley
/x
Noun
already
x/x
Adverb
altruistic
xx/x
Adjective
alumni
x/x
Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun, Verb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
annals
/x
Noun
anterior
x/xx
Adjective
anybody
/xxx
Noun
anyone
/xx
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
appearance
x/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
area
/xx
Noun
ashley
/x
Name
asia
/x
Name
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
bag
/
Noun, Verb
beast
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
been
/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bell
/
Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blasphemy
/xx
Noun
blob
/
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
boredom
/x
Noun
brew
/
Noun, Verb
bug
/
Noun, Verb
bunch
/
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
by
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bygone
/x
Adjective, Noun
car
/
Noun
carrefour
/xx
Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
chair
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Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
charming
/x
Adjective, Noun
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
cheerful
/x
Adjective
chivalric
/xx
Adjective
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
closing
/x
Noun, Adjective
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commentary
/xxx
Noun
completed
x/x
Adjective
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
concluded
x/x
Adjective
conclusion
x/x
Noun
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
consecutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
continuously
x/xxx
Adverb
continuum
x/xx
Noun
contraption
x/x
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cracker
/x
Noun
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
creature
/x
Noun
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deceitful
x/x
Adjective
deceived
x/
Adjective
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deed
/
Noun, Verb
denominator
x/xxx
Noun
departed
x/x
Adjective, Noun
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
device
x/
Noun
diff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
ding
/
Noun, Verb
dirtiest
/xx
Adjective
disrespectful
xx/x
Adjective
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dossier
x/
Noun
drama
/x
Noun
drill
/
Noun, Verb
drink
/
Noun, Verb
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
elapsed
x/
Adjective
elders
/x
Noun
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
elephant
/xx
Noun
enamel
x/x
Noun, Verb
enjoyable
x/xx
Adjective
entity
/xx
Noun
epoch
/x
Noun, Verb
equipment
x/x
Noun
eras
/x
Noun
errand
/x
Noun, Verb
erstwhile
/x
Adjective, Adverb
event
x/
Noun, Verb
eventful
x/x
Adjective
every
/xx
Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
facet
/x
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
fanny
/x
Name
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feast
/
Noun, Verb
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finishing
/xx
Noun
fittest
/x
Adjective
flagship
/x
Noun, Verb
fluke
/
Noun, Verb
forefathers
/xx
Noun
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
from
/
Adverb
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
futurity
/xxx
Noun
gadget
/x
Noun
gag
/
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
gig
/
Noun, Verb
gimmick
/x
Noun, Verb
gizmo
/x
Noun
glimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
goody
/x
Name, Adjective
group
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hated
/x
Adjective
hateful
/x
Adjective
heck
/
Noun, Verb
hectic
/x
Adjective, Noun
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hereabouts
/xx
Adverb
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
heritage
/xx
Noun
heroes
/x
Noun
historian
x/xx
Noun
historic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
histories
/xx
Adverb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hitherto
/x/
Adverb
honored
/x
Adjective
honoured
/x
Adjective
horror
/x
Noun
hour
/x
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
incident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
increased
x/
Adjective
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
ink
/
Noun, Verb
invention
x/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
it
/
Noun, Adjective
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
itself
x/
jasper
/x
Name, Verb
jeez
/
Name
job
/
Noun, Verb
kicker
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
knack
/
Noun, Verb
knightly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latest
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
legacy
/xx
Noun, Adjective
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
life
/
Noun, Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
lizard
/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lore
/
Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
luck
/
Noun, Verb
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
madi
/x
Name
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
medieval
x/x
Adjective, Noun
memories
/xx
Noun
message
/x
Noun, Verb
mistake
x/
Noun, Verb
moment
/x
Noun
monster
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
movie
/x
Noun
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
news
/
Noun, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
notion
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
object
/x
Noun, Verb
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
observation
xx/x
Noun
old
/
Adjective, Noun
olden
/x
Adjective, Name, Verb
once
/
Adverb, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
onetime
//
Adjective
option
/x
Noun, Verb
organism
/xxx
Noun
origins
/xx
Noun
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outcome
/x
Noun
outgoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outset
/x
Noun, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
paragraph
/xx
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pass
/
Verb, Noun
passion
/x
Noun, Verb
passé
/
Noun, Adjective
past tense
//
Phrase, Noun
pasting
/x
Noun
pathology
x/xx
Noun
penchant
/x
Noun
person
/x
Noun, Verb
perversion
x/x
Noun
phenomenon
x/xx
Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pilgrimage
/xx
Noun, Verb
pill
/
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
ploy
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
precedent
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
preceding
x/x
Adjective
prehistoric
xx/x
Adjective
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
preterite
/xx
Noun, Adjective
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
pup
/
Noun, Verb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
queer
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
racket
/x
Noun, Verb
rearview
/x
Noun, Adjective
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recent
/x
Adjective, Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
remaining
x/x
Noun, Adjective
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
retiring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
roe
/
Noun
ruse
/
Noun, Verb
sacrilege
/xx
Noun
scene
/
Noun, Verb
security blanket
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
selection
x/x
Noun
selfish
/x
Adjective
selfsame
//
Noun, Adjective
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
share
/
Noun, Verb
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sights
/
Noun
sign
/
Noun, Verb
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
since
/
Adverb
situation
xx/x
Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
society
x/xx
Noun
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
someone
/x
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sometime
/x
Adverb, Adjective
sooner
/x
Adverb, Noun
sort
/
Noun, Verb
spent
/
Adjective
standby
//
Noun, Verb
step
/
Noun, Verb
story
/x
Noun, Verb
stressful
/x
Adjective
stuff
/
Noun, Verb
stunt
/
Noun, Verb
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
successive
x/x
Adjective
sucker
/x
Noun, Verb
tale
/
Noun, Verb
talisman
/xx
Noun, Verb
task
/
Noun, Verb
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
that
/
Adverb, Noun
the good old days
x///
Phrase
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
things
/
Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
thought
/
Noun
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
throwback
/x
Noun
tiling
/x
Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
time immemorial
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
time out of mind
////
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
tip
/
Noun, Verb
topic
/x
Noun, Adjective
traditionally
x/xxx
Adverb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
trick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trouble
/x
Noun, Verb
truth
/
Noun, Verb
ufo
xx/
Name
ugliest
/xx
Adjective
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
unkind
x/
Adjective
variation
xx/x
Noun
vogue
/
Noun, Verb
want
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
whatnot
/x
Noun
which
/
Noun
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
word
/
Noun, Verb
work
/
Noun, Verb
wrinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
year
/
Noun
yesterday
/xx
Noun, Adverb
yesteryear
/xx
Noun
yore
/
Adverb, Noun