FORMER Synonyms

• (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

• of long duration; not new

• past times

• of a very early stage in development

• (used for emphasis) very familiar

• skilled through long experience

• belonging to some prior time

• excellent

• just preceding something else in time or order

• just preceding something else in time or order

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• too soon or too hasty

• earlier in time; previously

• comparatives of `soon' or `early'

• before now

• (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

• a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband

• a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife

• the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet

• out of fashion

• earlier than the present time; no longer current

• the time that has elapsed

• a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

• so as to pass a given point

• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

• the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

• earlier in time

• at some indefinite or unstated time

• belonging to some prior time

• at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

• being or occurring at an early stage of development

• of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

• during an early stage

• before the usual time or the time expected

• in good time

• belonging to the distant past

• very young

• expected in the near future

• being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

• of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages

• at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

• later than usual or than expected

• to an advanced time

• at an advanced age or stage

• in the recent past

• after the expected or usual time; delayed

• of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

• having died recently

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• belonging to some prior time

• belonging to some prior time

• not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; quantifier, other

• recently past

• belonging to the distant past

• very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected

• belonging to some prior time

• Former, sometime.

• While.

• Once upon a time, formerly.

• While.