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past

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of past

having been such at some previous time
  • a past editor of the newspaper
Synonyms of past

erstwhile, former, late, old, once, onetime, other, quondam, sometime, whilom
Words Related to past

bygone, dead, defunct, departed, expired, extinct, gone, long-ago, vanished
Near Antonyms of past

contemporary, current, extant, ongoing, present, present-day

coming, future, prospective, unborn

past

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of past

the events or experience of former times
  • we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together
Synonyms of past

auld lang syne, history, yesterday, yesteryear, yore
Words Related to past

bygone

flashback

annals, chronicle, record

memoir

antiquity, long ago
Near Antonyms of past

by-and-by, future, futurity, hereafter, offing, tomorrow

moment, now, present, today

past

preposition

Synonyms and Antonyms of past

1 on or to the farther side of
  • I drive past the school every day
Synonyms of past

beyond, over
Words Related to past

outside
Phrases Synonymous with past

on the far side of
Near Antonyms of past

inside
2 subsequent to in time or order
  • it's ten minutes past six o'clock
Synonyms of past

after, après, behind, below, following, next to
Words Related to past

since
Near Antonyms of past

toward (or towards)
Antonyms of past

afore [chiefly dialect], ahead of, before, ere, of, previous to, prior to, to

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