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Adjective
Having previously been a particular thing
Of or occurring in the past
Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things
Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated
Existing in or as part of a tradition
Having left one's job and ceased to work
No longer alive, dead
Comparative for of, or at, the front
Adverb
An at earlier time
At some unspecified or unknown time
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Adjective
▲
Having previously been a particular thing
erstwhile
foregoing
late
previous
sometime
one-time
antecedent
ex-
preceding
prior
quondam
earlier
old
past
whilom
anterior
ci-devant
last
above
aforementioned
once
onetime
other
precedent
precursory
aforesaid
as was
departed
first mentioned
bygone
ex
then
prevenient
above-stated
precursive
way back
above-mentioned
supra
recent
historical
older
way back when
preliminary
defunct
gone-by
one time
lapsed
early
preexistent
first
previously mentioned
ages ago
back when
in the olden days
in the good old days
retired
latter
introductory
preparatory
at the time
forward
earlier mentioned
formerly mentioned
ancient
before
old-time
long-ago
pre-existing
of old
long-gone
of yore
preexisting
latter-day
down memory lane
ancient history
once upon a time
of an earlier time
of a former period
beginning
latest
forenamed
established
said
aforestated
advance
previously stated
just mentioned
initial
failed
delayed
overdue
elapsed
ahead
back
pre-existent
has-been
lower
oldest
eldest
elder
first-born
leaving
olden
out of date
retiring
bypast
departing
behind one
withdrawing
outbound
exiting
resigning
leading
prefatory
pioneer
prodromal
forerunning
lead
aforeknown
heretofore
pioneering
head
front
outgoing
above-named
ahead of
outward-bound
most recent
more ❯
“One
former
team-mate was caught and exposed by the tabloids for having an affair.”
Adjective
▲
Of or occurring in the past
earlier
ancient
bygone
old
past
forgotten
immemorial
long-ago
primaeval
UK
primeval
US
primordial
remote
antediluvian
olden
prehistoric
departed
foregone
old-time
primigenial
pristine
gone by
long ago
long departed
long past
of old
long gone
of yore
previous
extinct
late
done
defunct
archaic
antiquated
dated
erstwhile
outmoded
out-of-date
early
gone
dead
old-fashioned
obsolete
expired
finished
vanished
forepassed
one-time
lost
quondam
worn-out
antique
oldfangled
long-gone
completed
passé
out of date
earliest
medieval
US
classical
mediaeval
UK
prior
over
historical
outdated
redundant
aged
historic
ended
predictable
inevitable
inescapable
ordained
certain
predetermined
unavoidable
fated
destined
unremembered
outworn
superseded
unrecalled
ex-
way back
lost and gone
way back when
latter-day
lost in time
consigned to oblivion
spent
no more
accomplished
elapsed
ago
sometime
moth-eaten
relic
stale
old as the hills
decayed
traditional
old as Methuselah
unoriginal
primitive
timeworn
superannuated
time-worn
rusty
onetime
unfashionable
once
hackneyed
demode
aboriginal
original
cast-off
hoary
venerable
age-old
crumbling
inactive
dead and buried
over and done with
over and done
bypast
no longer active
nonextant
down memory lane
sunk in oblivion
more ❯
“The team that starred at World Cup 02 are a shadow of their
former
selves and won't be in Germany this summer.”
Adjective
▲
Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things
first
first-mentioned
primitive
primeval
US
primordial
ancient
earliest
antediluvian
primal
pristine
prehistoric
anterior
preceding
antecedent
prior
original
proleptical
earlier
previous
primigenial
precursory
aboriginal
foregoing
budding
past
antiquated
early bird
of yore
pre-existing
of long ago
early
primaeval
UK
“Psychologist Bob Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba subscribes to the
former
view.”
Adjective
▲
Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated
outdated
outmoded
antiquated
archaic
dated
obsolete
superannuated
outworn
prehistoric
medieval
US
old
antediluvian
fossilised
UK
fossilized
US
mossy
ancient
unfashionable
demoded
obsolescent
prehistorical
moribund
passé
bygone
mediaeval
UK
neolithic
antique
rusty
anachronistic
Noachian
out
kaput
quaint
kaputt
defunct
square
past
superseded
vintage
creaky
moldy
US
mouldy
UK
démodé
musty
clunky
oldfangled
unhip
fusty
feudal
crusted
behindhand
tired
parachronistic
backward
anachronous
backwards
old-fashioned
out-of-date
out of date
moth-eaten
old hat
behind the times
old-time
old-fangled
out of fashion
old-world
out of style
Stone Age
old-fogeyish
backward-looking
vieux jeu
olde worlde
horse-and-buggy
out of the ark
has-been
out-of-style
rinky-dink
not with it
square-toed
back number
retrograde
frumpish
frumpy
retro
passe
old-school
old-timey
historical
nostalgic
early
olden
retrogressive
period
dead
conservative
passé
back-number
not current
of the old school
traditional
historic
heritage
folk
classical
antiquarian
old-style
ancestral
time-honoured
veteran
old style
venerable
primitive
extinct
primeval
US
primal
evocative
primordial
immemorial
dateless
deprecated
dinosaur
timeworn
foregone
atavistic
of yesteryear
old world
in period style
relic
antwacky
fossil
primaeval
UK
earliest
past your sell-by date
had it
done for
past its sell-by date
dead and gone
of yore
of long ago
old-hat
aged
unstylish
past it
horse and buggy
stale
dowdy
disused
hoary
worn-out
corny
last year's
fogeyish
crusty
unpopular
as old as the hills
odd
exhausted
hackneyed
discarded
discontinued
neglected
rococo
disapproved
of olden days
out of it
of old
not modern
grown old
demode
elderly
boring
past its prime
cobwebby
old as the hills
on its last legs
done to death
faded
threadbare
overused
anachronistical
hacky
overfamiliar
abandoned
old fashioned
having seen better days
very old
archaistic
inflexible
stuck in time
remote
age-old
hoar
old school
no longer fashionable
dry as dust
decrepit
bent
unusable
tacky
dull
tasteless
antediluvial
cheesy
at an end
no longer in fashion
expired
not in
finished
out of commission
out of use
styleless
trashy
ticky-tack
yesterday's
not fashionable
inelegant
ticky-tacky
waning
declining
geriatric
dying out
out-of-fashion
gone
obscure
no longer in use
fallen into disuse
dusty
disappearing
becoming obsolete
ageing
UK
on the wane
aging
US
growing old
going out of use
on the way out
senescent
going out of fashion
undesirable
on the decline
button-down
straight
strait-laced
stick-in-the-mud
unadventurous
bourgeois
Pooterish
traditionalist
orthodox
fuddy-duddy
diehard
stuffy
conventional
conformist
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Existing in or as part of a tradition
traditional
historical
ancestral
conservative
established
orthodox
past
traditionalistic
ancient
folk
historic
old
prior
bygone
familial
family
archconservative
brassbound
lineal
paleoconservative
reactionary
standpat
ultraconservative
unprogressive
long-established
old-fashioned
oral
unwritten
button-down
buttoned-down
handed-down
old-school
from the past
of yore
old-line
old-style
old-world
die-hard
hidebound
mossbacked
outdated
outmoded
out-of-date
antique
background
Adjective
▲
Having left one's job and ceased to work
retired
emeritus
ex-
pensioned
superannuated
elderly
past
aged
emerita
old
resigned
in retirement
pensioned off
past it
over the hill
long in the tooth
discharged
put out to grass
ancient
ageing
UK
mature
venerable
senior
grizzled
grey-haired
older
hoary
geriatric
grey
UK
decrepit
doddery
senescent
patriarchal
grey-bearded
getting on
doddering
long-lived
octogenarian
centenarian
nonagenarian
senile
over-the-hill
septuagenarian
unyoung
aging
US
longevous
full of years
on last leg
long in tooth
not long for this world
lot of mileage
as old as the hills
not as young as one used to be
been around
declining
gray
US
no spring chicken
olden
advanced in years
past your prime
tired
of advanced years
not as young as one was
feeble
matured
weakly
antiquated
anile
frail
faltering
of a certain age
antique
antediluvian
dateless
hoar
immemorial
in one's dotage
up in years
on in years
worn
timeworn
rusty
oldie
age-old
old-fashioned
out-of-date
ripe
middle-aged
abiding
long-lasting
along in years
of age
gray-haired
not young
historic
elder
oldest
archaic
outmoded
outdated
eldest
past your sell-by date
dotard
silver-haired
grizzly
white-haired
silvery-haired
cobwebby
creaky
passé
ripened
shot
relic
worn-out
in second childhood
on its last legs
weak
of an advanced age
very old
moth-eaten
senior citizen
worse for wear
wasted
debilitated
infirm
incapacitated
enfeebled
tottering
weakened
fragile
crippled
out of shape
effete
in bad shape
more grown up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
No longer alive, dead
deceased
dead
departed
gone
late
defunct
lifeless
lost
expired
fallen
asleep
lamented
demised
extinct
inanimate
killed
murdered
passed on
perished
slain
slaughtered
breathless
cold
exanimate
inert
insensate
insentient
low
no more
passed away
not breathing
at peace
finished
pushing up daisies
six feet under
under the sod
with God
at rest
dead as a doornail
as dead as a doornail
bit the dust
kicked the bucket
gave up the ghost
stiff
vanished
bygone
nonextant
done for
unanimated
spiritless
wasted
bereft of life
resting in peace
buried
checked out
done
bypast
destroyed
nonexistent
bought the farm
exterminated
out cold
died out
wiped out
snuffed out
extinguished
abolished
void
having breathed one's last
no longer extant
no longer with us
superseded
disappeared
vanquished
dead as a dodo
casualty
bitten the dust
disintegrated
retired
comatose
stone-dead
unconscious
in the grave
laid to rest
turned to dust
not living
out for the count
dead to the world
invalid
outdated
out-of-date
redundant
kaput
dear departed
much lamented
late lamented
still
no longer living
ruined
cadaverous
down
mortified
erased
had it
offed
silent
reposing
liquidated
effaced
eradicated
obliterated
wrecked
annihilated
extirpated
demolished
down the drain
out of commission
not existing
out of one's misery
gone to meet maker
cut off
gone to reward
pushing up the daisies
lapsed
devastated
frittered
crushed
inactive
obsolete
quenched
doused
out
passé
terminated
no longer existing
archaic
unknown
ended
dead and gone
outmoded
no longer known
inexistent
antiquated
dated
ancient
past
superannuated
out of date
antique
olden
outworn
fossilized
US
old
old-fashioned
forgotten
unfashionable
fossilised
UK
antediluvian
prehistoric
obsolescent
demoded
medieval
US
mediaeval
UK
old hat
behind the times
disused
of yore
discontinued
old-time
rusty
prehistorical
neolithic
mossy
oldfangled
démodé
moth-eaten
of old
Stone Age
out of the ark
anachronistic
moribund
Noachian
musty
kaputt
elapsed
unhip
old-hat
moldy
US
stale
primitive
over
mouldy
UK
out of style
completed
discarded
foregone
gone by
worn-out
out of fashion
no longer in use
has-been
old-fangled
dinosaur
vintage
out of it
unstylish
out-of-style
not with it
dead and buried
missing
over and done with
faded
previous
concluded
run out
earlier
corny
null and void
odd
abandoned
aged
erstwhile
fallen into disuse
tired
one-time
vieux jeu
fusty
deprecated
timeworn
fossil
square
long-ago
long-gone
old-school
of olden days
neglected
rococo
dowdy
not modern
not current
grown old
disapproved
of the old school
relic
unusable
past it
at an end
very old
past its sell-by date
horse and buggy
olde worlde
out of business
no longer current
no longer topical
irrelevant
belated
yesterday
demode
spent
hackneyed
exhausted
accomplished
unrenewed
done to death
bent
out of use
ago
old-world
historical
frumpish
run
quaint
frumpy
past its prime
old fashioned
having seen better days
venerable
conservative
old-fogeyish
on its last legs
hoary
passed
voided
unremembered
unrecalled
ex-
backward-looking
crusted
feudal
bankrupt
retrograde
horse-and-buggy
creaky
clunky
retro
old-timey
rinky-dink
primeval
US
primal
inoperative
over and done
square-toed
left
removed
primordial
dateless
early
immemorial
atavistic
way back
way back when
latter-day
lost and gone
lost in time
consigned to oblivion
ancient history
earliest
antwacky
primaeval
UK
unused
non-functioning
in the past
unemployed
stagnant
mineral
passe
past your sell-by date
of long ago
dissolved
a thing of the past
dissipated
dried up
burned up
moved on
man-made
closed
not functioning
no longer in existence
chemical
manmade
artificial
numb
quondam
stupefied
numbed
anaesthetized
UK
inorganic
not natural
geriatric
forepassed
broken
desensitized
US
out-of-fashion
obscure
dusty
doomed
smashed
sunk
motionless
not organic
cooked
toast
dull
idle
totaled
floored
anesthetized
US
desensitised
UK
down memory lane
on the skids
out of circulation
burned out
belly-up
washed up
down and out
down the tubes
in flames
down for the count
all washed up
sunk in oblivion
passed out
lacking physical sensation
knocked out
spark out
blacked out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Comparative for of, or at, the front
more frontward
more frontwards
more visible
more leading
more advance
more facial
“This distinctive lock of hair grows on the
fore
part of the head.”
Adverb
▲
An at earlier time
before
earlier
previously
formerly
beforehand
heretofore
hitherto
afore
ahead
already
antecedently
anteriorly
once
preliminarily
sooner
aforetime
precedently
up to now
at one time
ere
fore
in advance
in the past
since
up to then
a while ago
back when
before now
before present
before then
until now
until then
in days gone by
in old days
way back when
in days of yore
ago
long ago
back
back in the day
before the present
ahead of time
once upon a time
in times gone by
in the olden days
in readiness
earlier on
in times past
in former times
in the old days
in bygone days
agone
gone
in years gone by
time was when
syne
ages ago
time was
early
of yore
before this
in the good old days
erstwhile
then
back then
at one point
so far
of old
one time before
from way back
in time gone by
some time ago
a while back
at an earlier time
in earlier times
in those days
yet
prior to this
theretofore
onetime
anciently
thus far
in anticipation
one time previously
on one occasion
years ago
in olden times
in antiquity
since God knows when
on a former occasion
last time
in yesteryear
in days of old
in auld lang syne
away back
eons ago
in times bygone
in times of yore
now
beforetime
at that instant
sometime
erst
whilom
by that time
up to this time
by then
one time
by the time
in one case
but once
further back
ante
previous
forward
advanced
by the time mentioned
prematurely
inopportunely
precociously
unseasonably
in my day
precocious
above
up till now
prior to now
prior to the present time
at one stage
prior to this time
timely
from year one
as yet
too soon
till now
up until now
till then
to date
up until then
in good time
with time to spare
earlier than required
earlier than expected
lately
erewhile
radically
as was
olden days
water under the bridge
used to be
down memory lane
more ❯
Adverb
▲
At some unspecified or unknown time
sometime
eventually
finally
someday
ultimately
yet
erstwhile
formerly
intermittently
late
occasional
once
one day
periodically
previous
quondam
some day
sooner or later
at a future date
at a future time
in due course
by and by
in the long run
one of these fine days
at some time in the future
in the fullness of time
at some time or other
one of these days
at some point in the future
in time
at length
in the end
after a while
subsequently
in the future
after some time
when all is said and done
hereafter
at last
in due time
after a bit
in time to come
one fine day
after a long time
at some point
slowly but surely
after a period of time
at long last
at the end of the day
in the course of time
sometime or other
one time or another
in a time to come
at a later time
later
later on
anytime
not now
at some time
beyond this
at some future time
one time
on a day
some time
belatedly
tardily
in future
climactically
conclusively
at a later date
at some stage
as time goes on
as time goes by
in a while
lastly
in conclusion
in the final analysis
when push comes to shove
as a conclusion
in the sequel
in consummation
at the close
in spite of all
in the eleventh hour
at the last moment
despite delay
when all was said and done
at the end
at the last
somewhen
with time
latterly
next
afterwards
after that
afterward
then
thereafter
ensuingly
following this
following that
thereupon
next off
before long
soon after
when the time is ripe
followed by
towards the end
consequently
after
infra
thenceforth
behind
thence
duly
from then on
the next day
after this
and then
next day
after the event
after while
at a subsequent time
from there on
down the line
in the aftermath
down the road
thenceforwards
next time
on the next day
thenceforward
more ❯
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