Related Words for the past

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WordSyllablesCategories
history
/xx
Noun, Noun
historical
x/xx
Noun
memories
/xx
Noun
previous
/xx
Adjective
historic
x/x
Noun
date back
//
Phrase, Verb
past tense
//
Phrase, Noun
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
look back
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
flashback
/x
Noun
retrospect
/xx
Noun
ancient history
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
pasted
/x
Verb
timeline
/x
Noun
reminiscence
xx/x
Noun
past participle
//xxx
Phrase, Noun
nostalgic
x/x
Adjective
present
/x
Noun
throwback
/x
Noun
relive
x/
Verb
hark back
//
Name, Verb, Name
reminiscing
xx/x
Verb
yesteryear
/xx
Noun
ancient
/x
Noun
the way
x/
Phrase, Noun
recollection
xx/x
Noun
time line
//
Phrase, Noun
pastel
x/
Noun
think back
//
Phrase, Verb
back in
/x
Phrase, Verb
long ago
/x/
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
preceding
x/x
Verb
retrospective
xx/x
Adjective
prior
/x
Adjective
childhood
/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun
current
/x
Noun
archives
/x
Noun
the word
x/
Phrase, Noun
experience
x/xx
Noun
bygone
/x
Adjective
times
/
Noun
early
/x
Adjective
future
/x
Noun
revisiting
x/xx
Verb
chronological
xx/xx
Noun
chronology
x/xx
Noun
anciently
/xx
Adverb
antecedent
x/xx
Noun
remembering
x/xx
Verb
classic
/x
Noun
historicity
x/xxx
Noun
prior to
/x/
Phrase
ancestral
x/x
Adjective
original
x/xx
Adjective
time frame
//
Phrase, Noun
retrospection
xx/x
Noun
olden
/x
Name
origin
/xx
Noun
the world
x/
Phrase, Noun
time warp
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
reference
/xx
Noun
centuries
/xx
Noun
pasteboard
/x
Noun
passed
/
Verb
existed
x/x
Verb
early on
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, 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
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
been
/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
by
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
chivalric
/xx
Adjective
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
departed
x/x
Adjective, Noun
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
drama
/x
Noun
elapsed
x/
Adjective
elders
/x
Noun
enjoyable
x/xx
Adjective
epoch
/x
Noun, Verb
eras
/x
Verb
erstwhile
/x
Adjective, Adverb
eventful
x/x
Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
facts
/
Verb
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finishing
/xx
Noun
forefathers
/xx
Noun
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
from
/
Adverb
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
futurity
/xxx
Noun
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hectic
/x
Adjective, Noun
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
heritage
/xx
Noun
heroes
/x
Noun
historian
x/xx
Noun
hitherto
/x/
Adverb
increased
x/
Adjective
jeez
/
Name
knightly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latest
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
legacy
/xx
Noun, Adjective
life
/
Noun, Verb
lore
/
Noun
madi
/x
Name
medieval
x/x
Adjective, Noun
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
onetime
//
Adjective
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outgoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
passé
/
Noun, Adjective
pilgrimage
/xx
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
precedent
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
prehistoric
xx/x
Adjective
preterite
/xx
Noun, Adjective
rearview
/x
Noun, Adjective
recent
/x
Adjective, Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
remaining
x/x
Noun, Adjective
retiring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
since
/
Adverb
society
x/xx
Noun
sometime
/x
Adverb, Adjective
sooner
/x
Adverb, Noun
spent
/
Adjective
story
/x
Noun, Verb
stressful
/x
Adjective
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
successive
x/x
Adjective
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
the good old days
x///
Phrase
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
time immemorial
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
time out of mind
////
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
traditionally
x/xxx
Adverb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
year
/
Noun
yesterday
/xx
Noun, Adverb
yore
/
Adverb, Noun