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past
Synonyms and Antonyms of past
having been such at some previous time a past editor of the newspaper Synonyms erstwhile, late, old, once, onetime, other, former, 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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past
Synonyms and Antonyms of past
the events or experience of former times we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together Synonyms auld lang syne, history, yesterday, yesteryear, yore Related Words bygone; flashback; annals, chronicle, record; memoir; antiquity, long ago Near Antonyms by-and-by, future, futurity, hereafter, offing, tomorrow; moment, now, present, today
past
Synonyms and Antonyms of past
1 on or to the farther side of I drive past the school every day Synonyms over, beyondRelated Words outsideNear Antonyms inside
2 subsequent to in time or order it's ten minutes past six o'clock Synonyms après, behind, below, following, next to, afterRelated Words sinceNear Antonyms toward (or towards)Antonyms afore [chiefly dialect], ahead of, before, ere, of, previous to, prior to, to
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