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erstwhile
Synonyms and Antonyms of erstwhile
having been such at some previous time my erstwhile friend ignored me when I ran into her at the mall Synonyms former, late, old, once, onetime, other, past, quondam, sometime, whilomRelated Words bygone, dead, defunct, departed, expired, extinct, gone, long-ago, vanishedNear Antonyms contemporary, current, extant, ongoing, present, present-day; coming, future, prospective, unborn
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