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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Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated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
In the process of leaving an office or position
Dead, no longer alive
Comparative for of, or at, the front
Adverb
An at earlier time
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▲
Adjective
▲
Having previously been a particular thing
previous
prior
preceding
earlier
foregoing
erstwhile
past
sometime
late
precedent
antecedent
quondam
onetime
anterior
old
whilom
once
other
last
above
aforementioned
precursory
aforesaid
one-time
ex-
as was
ci-devant
bygone
then
ex
recent
older
historical
prevenient
way back
supra
way back when
precursive
defunct
latter
gone-by
lapsed
one time
first
early
ancient
preexistent
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
of an earlier time
of a former period
ancient history
once upon a time
beginning
introductory
forenamed
latest
said
established
antique
back
oldest
eldest
advance
out of date
classical
preparatory
failed
lower
initial
forward
from the past
ahead
has-been
pre-existent
forerunning
aforeknown
head
front
olden
bypast
ahead of
behind one
most recent
more ❯
“One
former
teammate was caught and exposed by the tabloids for having an affair.”
Adjective
▲
Of or occurring in the past
past
bygone
ancient
old
earlier
forgotten
olden
foregone
departed
primaeval
UK
primeval
US
primordial
prehistoric
remote
antediluvian
immemorial
primigenial
pristine
of old
long-ago
gone by
old-time
of yore
long gone
long ago
long departed
long past
previous
antiquated
defunct
archaic
extinct
out-of-date
late
early
done
obsolete
dated
erstwhile
outmoded
expired
dead
antique
earliest
prior
out of date
primitive
gone
original
old-fashioned
finished
aboriginal
vanished
forepassed
one-time
lost
bypast
quondam
worn-out
oldfangled
long-gone
completed
passé
outdated
redundant
superseded
stale
elapsed
medieval
US
classical
mediaeval
UK
aged
historic
over
first
predictable
inevitable
inescapable
ordained
certain
predetermined
unavoidable
fated
destined
historical
primal
anterior
preceding
ended
antecedent
unremembered
outworn
unrecalled
ex-
proleptical
sometime
moth-eaten
relic
old as the hills
decayed
traditional
old as Methuselah
unoriginal
timeworn
superannuated
time-worn
rusty
onetime
unfashionable
once
hackneyed
demode
cast-off
hoary
venerable
age-old
crumbling
way back
lost and gone
way back when
latter-day
lost in time
consigned to oblivion
spent
precursory
foregoing
no more
accomplished
budding
ago
pre-existing
early bird
dead and buried
of long ago
over and done with
over and done
disused
discontinued
fossilized
US
inoperative
abandoned
lapsed
discarded
nonextant
unused
unusable
inactive
unemployed
stagnant
dormant
inert
idle
quiescent
unreactive
invalid
void
fossilised
UK
non-functioning
fallen into disuse
not functioning
no longer active
run out
no longer in use
out of commission
null and void
very old
down memory lane
sunk in oblivion
more ❯
“Visions of the great mansions and grandeur of a
former
era certainly made an indelible impression.”
Adjective
▲
Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things
first
earlier
opening
first-mentioned
“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
aged
old-hat
unstylish
past it
horse and buggy
dowdy
hoary
disused
worn-out
stale
last year's
crusty
unpopular
as old as the hills
corny
discarded
discontinued
of olden days
out of it
rococo
of old
not modern
grown old
demode
exhausted
elderly
fogeyish
past its prime
cobwebby
old as the hills
on its last legs
odd
done to death
faded
anachronistical
neglected
disapproved
overfamiliar
threadbare
hackneyed
abandoned
archaistic
stuck in time
old fashioned
having seen better days
very old
age-old
hoar
old school
no longer fashionable
dry as dust
decrepit
bent
unusable
tacky
boring
dull
tasteless
remote
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
aging
US
becoming obsolete
ageing
UK
on the wane
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
backward-looking
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
narrow-minded
hard-line
staid
accepted
boring
classic
time-honored
convinced
extremist
picturesque
ethnocentric
purist
formal
entrenched
ingrained
ossified
fixed
universal
courteous
gentlemanly
antiquated
passé
obsolescent
devout
observant
courtly
chivalrous
gallant
craft
ceremonious
doctrinal
true
long-standing
deep-seated
hard-and-fast
deep-dyed
hard-core
hardcore
stick-in-the-mud
moderate
anachronistical
anachronous
behind the times
bigoted
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
dynastic
patrimonial
successional
uncompromising
set
fanatical
puritan
jaundiced
intractable
individualistic
hereditary
small-minded
handed down
petty-minded
close-minded
set in your ways
set in one's opinions
fixed in one's views
doctrinaire
stubborn
pigheaded
blind
closed-minded
puritanical
prejudicial
opinionated
myopic
shortsighted
unpersuadable
resistant
steadfast
deep-rooted
invariable
concrete
hardheaded
settled
unyielding
unbending
hardened
hard
solid
stiff
unvarying
definite
immovable
rooted
locked in
frozen
well-set
cast-iron
flat
inexpugnable
jelled
certain
solid as a rock
ironclad
determinate
stiff-necked
final
inveterate
set in stone
bound
hard and fast
unflappable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In the process of leaving an office or position
outgoing
leaving
retiring
departing
last
past
previous
withdrawing
exiting
late
outbound
prior
resigning
erstwhile
ex-
outward-bound
outward
Adjective
▲
Dead, no longer alive
deceased
dead
departed
late
lifeless
gone
fallen
demised
defunct
perished
asleep
lost
breathless
expired
cold
extinct
exanimate
inanimate
lamented
low
killed
slain
slaughtered
murdered
insensate
insentient
inert
finished
sainted
passed away
passed on
no more
at peace
with God
not breathing
dead as a doornail
six feet under
pushing up daisies
under the sod
at rest
as dead as a doornail
bit the dust
kicked the bucket
gave up the ghost
nonextant
bygone
vanished
stiff
wiped out
done for
done
bypast
unanimated
destroyed
spiritless
nonexistent
wasted
bereft of life
resting in peace
checked out
buried
exterminated
superseded
void
extinguished
disappeared
died out
snuffed out
abolished
vanquished
bought the farm
no longer extant
out cold
having breathed one's last
late lamented
no longer with us
dead as a dodo
casualty
bitten the dust
disintegrated
retired
invalid
kaput
in the grave
laid to rest
comatose
stone-dead
unconscious
had it
of blessed memory
down the drain
turned to dust
not living
out for the count
dead to the world
dear departed
much lamented
no longer living
still
ruined
cadaverous
down
mortified
erased
offed
silent
reposing
liquidated
not existing
effaced
eradicated
obliterated
wrecked
annihilated
extirpated
demolished
out of one's misery
gone to meet maker
cut off
gone to reward
pushing up the daisies
lapsed
devastated
frittered
crushed
ended
obsolete
archaic
terminated
outmoded
out
inactive
passé
quenched
doused
inexistent
dead and gone
no longer existing
no longer known
past
forgotten
over
dated
ancient
completed
olden
gone by
of old
of yore
dead and buried
missing
over and done with
previous
concluded
earlier
antiquated
erstwhile
foregone
elapsed
one-time
old-time
long-ago
long-gone
out-of-date
at an end
out of date
faded
irrelevant
unavailable
absent
no longer in existence
spent
null and void
accomplished
ago
run
passed
over and done
old
left
removed
ancient history
old-fashioned
in the past
historical
outdated
redundant
dissolved
a thing of the past
dissipated
dried up
burned up
moved on
unremembered
worn-out
outworn
unrecalled
antique
ex-
oldfangled
way back
way back when
latter-day
lost and gone
lost in time
consigned to oblivion
quondam
forepassed
broken
doomed
smashed
sunk
cooked
toast
totaled
floored
down memory lane
on the skids
out of circulation
burned out
belly-up
out of business
down and out
down the tubes
in flames
down for the count
washed-up
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
long ago
back in the day
ago
back
once upon a time
in times gone by
in the olden days
in times past
in former times
in bygone days
in years gone by
before the present
ahead of time
in the old days
time was when
in readiness
earlier on
agone
gone
of yore
in the good old days
syne
ages ago
time was
early
some time ago
a while back
at an earlier time
before this
in earlier times
then
erstwhile
onetime
back then
at one point
so far
of old
in olden times
one time before
in antiquity
from way back
in time gone by
in yesteryear
in days of old
in auld lang syne
in those days
yet
prior to this
theretofore
yesterday
anciently
thus far
by the time
in anticipation
one time previously
on one occasion
years ago
by then
in my day
since God knows when
on a former occasion
last time
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
whilom
one time
further back
no longer
in one case
but once
one day
forward
by the time mentioned
ante
previous
prematurely
inopportunely
precociously
unseasonably
above
precocious
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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