once

having been such at some previous time the once child star is now a lawyer in the entertainment industry Synonyms erstwhile, late, old, former, 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

at an earlier or previous time I once knew the quotation, but time has taken its toll on my brain cells Synonyms erstwhile, formerly, onetimeNear Antonyms lately, recently; currently, now, presently

just at the moment that you should have stopped wrestling once you knew someone was getting hurt, not five minutes later Synonyms as soon as, immediately [chiefly British], instantly, whenNear Antonyms after, directly [chiefly British], since