Related Words for past

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WordSyllablesCategories
bygone
/x
Adjective, Noun
yore
/
Noun, Adverb, Noun
erstwhile
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
yesteryear
/xx
Adverb, Noun
recent
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
foregone
//
Noun, Adjective
former
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
sometime
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
onetime
//
Adjective, Adjective
early
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
other
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
late
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
then
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
previous
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Noun
once
/
Noun, Adverb, Noun
preceding
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
last
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
historic
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
outgoing
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Noun
retiring
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
ancient
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
olden
/x
Noun, Adjective, Name, Verb
prehistoric
xx/x
Verb, Adjective
old
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
ago
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
departed
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
gone
/
Noun, Adjective
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
by
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
chivalric
/xx
Noun, Adjective
knightly
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb
ex
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
medieval
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
past tense
//
Phrase, Noun
future
/x
Noun, Noun
present
/x
Noun, Noun
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
decades
x/
Noun
next
/
Adjective
years
/
Noun
during
/x
Noun
current
/x
Noun
since
/
Adverb
history
/xx
Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
period
/xx
Noun
times
/
Noun
centuries
/xx
Noun
eons
/x
Noun
days
/
Noun
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
twice
/
Adverb
long
/
Adjective
months
/
Noun
ensuing
/xx
Verb
coming
/x
Verb
intervening
xx/x
Noun
subsequent
/xx
Adjective
millennium
x/xx
Noun
prior
/x
Adjective
nearly
/x
Adverb
before
x/
Adverb
within
x/
Adverb, Adjective
ages
/x
Noun
every
/xx
Noun
another
x/x
Noun
several
/x
Adjective
week
/
Noun
back
/
Adverb
tumultuous
x/xx
Adjective
awhile
x/
Adverb
first
/
Adjective
those
/
throughout
x/
Adverb
seasons
/x
Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
entirety
x/xx
Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
generations
xx/x
Noun
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
upcoming
/xx
Noun
span
/
Noun
weekend
/x
Noun
aeons
/x
Noun
midway
/x
Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective
harking
/x
Verb
here
/
Adverb
lifetimes
/x
Noun
half
/
Noun
childhood
/x
Noun
yesterday
/xx
Noun
good old days
///
Phrase, Noun
future tense
/x/
Phrase, Noun
last time
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
past participle
//xxx
Phrase, Noun
time out of mind
////
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
preterite
/xx
Noun
here and now
///
Phrase, Adverb, Noun
pluperfect
/x/
Noun
fait accompli
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
water over the dam
/x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
hic et nunc
/xx
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
water under the bridge
/x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
perfect
x/
Adjective
have
/
Verb
no place
//
Phrase, Noun
old news
//
Name, Name
aorist
x/x
Noun
thread of life
///
Phrase, Noun
wind
/
Noun
perfective
x/x
Adjective
carriages
/xx
Noun
the other day
x/x/
Phrase, Adverb, Noun
shopping
/x
Noun
storied
/x
Adjective
relic
/x
Noun
remembered
x/x
Adjective
hoary
/x
Adjective
romanticized
x/xx
Adjective
irretrievable
xx/xx
Adjective
checkered
/x
Adjective
reliving
x/x
Verb
fortnight
/x
Adjective
survivals
x/x
Noun
reminders
x/x
Noun
nostalgia
x/x
Noun
edenic
x/x
Adjective
precolonial
xx/xx
Adjective
distant
/x
Adjective
legacies
/xx
Noun
remotest
x/x
Adjective
glories
/x
Noun
tenses
/x
Noun
break
/
Noun
unusable
x/xx
Adjective
whereas
x/
Noun
glorious
/xx
Adjective
buddhas
/x
Noun
idealised
x/xx
Adjective
regrets
x/
Noun
ghosts
/
Noun
reconstructions
xx/x
Noun
vestiges
/xx
Noun
pharaonic
xx/x
Adjective
evocation
xx/x
Noun
usable
/xx
Adjective
discredited
x/xx
Adjective
chequered
/x
Adjective
immemorial
xx/xx
Adjective
mistakes
x/
Noun
mythic
/x
Adjective
mythical
/xx
Adjective
memories
/xx
Noun
irrevocable
x/xxx
Adjective
idealized
x/xx
Adjective
geologic
xx/x
Adjective
thing
/
Noun
continuities
xx/xx
Noun
unsavory
x/xx
Adjective
reconstructing
xx/x
Verb
gay
/
Noun
unenlightened
xx/x
Adjective
remembrance
x/x
Noun
echoes
/x
Noun
preindustrial
xx/xx
Adjective
unrecorded
xx/x
Adjective
delve
/
Verb
dim
/
Adjective
injustices
x/xx
Noun
recapture
x/x
Verb
mists
/
Noun
idyllic
x/x
Adjective
inglorious
x/xx
Adjective
sordid
/x
Adjective
glorification
xxx/x
Noun
lessons
/x
Noun
hurts
/
Verb
recollections
xx/x
Noun
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
already
x/x
Adverb
altruistic
xx/x
Adjective
alumni
x/x
Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun, Verb
annals
/x
Noun
anterior
x/xx
Adjective
ashley
/x
Name
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
been
/
Verb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
closing
/x
Noun, Adjective
completed
x/x
Adjective
concluded
x/x
Adjective
conclusion
x/x
Noun
consecutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
continuously
x/xxx
Adverb
continuum
x/xx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
drama
/x
Noun
elapsed
x/
Adjective
elders
/x
Noun
enjoyable
x/xx
Adjective
epoch
/x
Noun, Verb
eras
/x
Verb
eventful
x/x
Adjective
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
facts
/
Verb
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finishing
/xx
Noun
forefathers
/xx
Noun
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
from
/
Adverb
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
futurity
/xxx
Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hectic
/x
Adjective, Noun
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
heritage
/xx
Noun
heroes
/x
Noun
historian
x/xx
Noun
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
hitherto
/x/
Adverb
increased
x/
Adjective
jeez
/
Name
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
latter
/x
Adjective
life
/
Noun, Verb
lore
/
Noun
madi
/x
Name
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
origins
/xx
Verb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
passé
/
Noun, Adjective
pilgrimage
/xx
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
precedent
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
rearview
/x
Noun, Adjective
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
remaining
x/x
Noun, Adjective
shift
/
Noun, Verb
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
society
x/xx
Noun
sooner
/x
Adverb, Noun
spent
/
Adjective
stressful
/x
Adjective
successive
x/x
Adjective
the good old days
x///
Phrase
throwback
/x
Noun
time immemorial
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
traditionally
x/xxx
Adverb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb