YESTERDAY Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

yesterday

noun

Definition of yesterday

as in past

the events or experience of former times my grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday

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Fenerbahce got in on the act by recruiting Nathan Ake from Manchester City and Greenwood from Marseille, bluntly unconcerned by the latter’s past.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The constantly changing present moment is no more than a dividing line between past and future and so does not have a tangible existence of its own.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

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