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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Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated
Having left one's job and ceased to work
Existing in or as part of a tradition
No longer alive, dead
Comparative for of, or at, the front
Adverb
An at earlier 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
then
ex
recent
older
historical
prevenient
way back
supra
way back when
precursive
defunct
latter
gone-by
lapsed
one time
early
ancient
preexistent
first
of yore
above-stated
ages ago
back when
above-mentioned
in the olden days
in the good old days
retired
at the time
preliminary
earlier mentioned
formerly mentioned
previously mentioned
old-time
before
long-ago
of old
long-gone
preexisting
pre-existing
latter-day
down memory lane
ancient history
once upon a time
of an earlier time
of a former period
beginning
introductory
forenamed
latest
said
established
antique
advance
classical
preparatory
failed
initial
forward
delayed
overdue
elapsed
back
from the past
ahead
has-been
lower
oldest
eldest
elder
first-born
pre-existent
leaving
forerunning
aforeknown
head
front
olden
out of date
retiring
bypast
departing
ahead of
behind one
withdrawing
outbound
exiting
resigning
outgoing
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out-of-date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out of date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outdated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
grandfather
legacy
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
early
retrograde
frumpish
frumpy
retro
passe
old-school
old-timey
extinct
earliest
immemorial
primitive
timeworn
historical
nostalgic
of yore
of long ago
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
venerable
veteran
old style
primeval
US
primal
primordial
dateless
deprecated
dinosaur
foregone
atavistic
relic
antwacky
fossil
primaeval
UK
past your sell-by date
had it
done for
past its sell-by date
dead and gone
evocative
of yesteryear
old world
in period style
old-hat
aged
unstylish
past it
horse and buggy
dowdy
hoary
corny
disused
worn-out
stale
last year's
crusty
unpopular
as old as the hills
odd
discarded
discontinued
neglected
rococo
disapproved
of olden days
out of it
of old
not modern
grown old
demode
exhausted
elderly
fogeyish
past its prime
cobwebby
old as the hills
on its last legs
done to death
faded
anachronistical
overfamiliar
threadbare
hackneyed
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
boring
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
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having left one's job and ceased to work
retired
pensioned
superannuated
discharged
emeritus
past
cidevant
inactive
otiose
emerita
resigned
ex-
pensioned off
in retirement
put out to grass
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
conventional
traditionalist
fogyish
illiberal
Tory
conformist
rightist
right
right-wing
unchanging
diehard
blimpish
vintage
unadventurous
antique
quaint
inflexible
stable
unimaginative
fundamentalist
bourgeois
ultra-conservative
fuddy-duddy
middle-of-the-road
old-time
classical
dyed-in-the-wool
old line
hard hat
old guard
rigid
intransigent
timid
sober
quiet
guarded
undaring
unchangeable
firm
uncreative
obstinate
controlled
constant
steady
redneck
fearful
archaic
antiquarian
obsolete
dated
white bread
holding to
not extreme
strait-laced
right of center
in a rut
retrograde
old-timey
retro
oldfangled
parochial
philistine
stuffy
obscurantist
Birchite
alt-right
retrogressive
regressive
counterrevolutionary
conventionalist
strict
backward-looking
narrow-minded
hard-line
staid
accepted
boring
classic
time-honored
convinced
extremist
picturesque
ethnocentric
purist
formal
entrenched
universal
courteous
gentlemanly
antiquated
passé
obsolescent
devout
observant
courtly
chivalrous
gallant
craft
ceremonious
doctrinal
true
long-standing
deep-dyed
hard-core
stick-in-the-mud
moderate
anachronistical
anachronous
behind the times
true blue
true-blue
of the faith
of the true faith
counter-revolutionary
stick in the mud
heritage
early
time-honoured
set in one's ways
anachronistic
olden
veteran
old style
narrow
intolerant
prejudiced
biased
dogmatic
uncompromising
set
fanatical
puritan
jaundiced
intractable
individualistic
small-minded
petty-minded
close-minded
set in your ways
set in one's opinions
fixed in one's views
insular
provincial
sectarian
myopic
limited
restricted
blinkered
localist
inward-looking
small
petty
small-town
jerkwater
parish-pump
picayune
short-sighted
Lilliputian
partisan
claustral
little
discriminatory
closed-minded
doctrinaire
puritanical
opinionated
selfish
pigheaded
blind
partial
prim
prudish
starchy
moralistic
ungenerous
priggish
mean
prissy
chauvinist
chauvinistic
uncharitable
shockable
unsophisticated
one-sided
deaf
unpersuadable
resistant
stubborn
shortsighted
constricted
lopsided
one-eyed
obdurate
borné
inexorable
xenophobic
closed
regional
local
circumscribed
prejudicial
sectional
shallow
contracted
secluded
sequestered
confined
separated
self-centred
UK
self-centered
US
unenlightened
authoritarian
tight
sordid
despotic
undemocratic
parsimonious
miserly
stingy
anti-democratic
oppressive
repressive
tightfisted
totalitarian
racialist
close-fisted
draconian
fascist
tyrannical
racist
nationalistic
sexist
proscriptive
greedy
grudging
antiliberal
penny-pinching
unenlarged
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
sainted
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
late lamented
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
of blessed memory
turned to dust
not living
out for the count
dead to the world
invalid
outdated
out-of-date
redundant
kaput
dear departed
much 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
past
forgotten
ancient
elapsed
out of date
over
of yore
dated
completed
antiquated
olden
discontinued
gone by
of old
dead and buried
missing
over and done with
previous
concluded
run out
disused
earlier
null and void
old
erstwhile
fossilized
US
foregone
one-time
antique
old-time
long-ago
long-gone
fossilised
UK
no longer in use
at an end
out of business
stale
no longer current
no longer topical
faded
irrelevant
spent
accomplished
unrenewed
ago
run
abandoned
old-fashioned
passed
voided
discarded
bankrupt
inoperative
over and done
historical
left
removed
ancient history
unused
unusable
non-functioning
unremembered
worn-out
outworn
unrecalled
ex-
oldfangled
in the past
unemployed
stagnant
mineral
way back
way back when
latter-day
lost and gone
lost in time
consigned to oblivion
fallen into disuse
dissolved
a thing of the past
dissipated
dried up
burned up
moved on
man-made
closed
very old
not functioning
no longer in existence
chemical
manmade
artificial
quondam
inorganic
not natural
forepassed
broken
doomed
smashed
sunk
not organic
cooked
toast
totaled
floored
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
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Comparative for of, or at, the front
directer
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
of yore
early
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
in the lead-up
at that instant
sometime
erst
by that time
up to this time
by then
whilom
by the time
one time
ante
previous
further back
prematurely
inopportunely
precociously
unseasonably
no longer
in one case
but once
one day
forward
by the time mentioned
precocious
in my day
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
at some point
until that time
until recently
still
by now
until this time
up to the present time
even now
more ❯
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