FUTURE Antonyms

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old

• preceding in time or order

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• a preceding occurrence or cause or event

• anything that precedes something similar in time

• the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

• of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body

• a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

• earlier in time

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• past events to be put aside

• well in the past; former

• earlier in time; previously

• comparatives of `soon' or `early'

• before now

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

• 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

• at a previous time

• belonging to some prior time

• 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

• referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

• the first of two or the first mentioned of two

• belonging to some prior time

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• belonging to the distant past

• of or relating to the study of history

• used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

• having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary

• belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

• relating to time long past

• old; no longer valid or fashionable

• out of fashion

• existing previously or before something

• just preceding something else in time or order

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• too soon or too hasty

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

• earlier in time

• temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration

• being or existing in a specified place

• the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

• something presented as a gift

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• bring forward and present to the mind

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• hand over formally

• offer for others to consider

• give, especially as an honor or reward

• give as a present; make a gift of

• deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

• cause to come to know personally

• represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

• present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

• formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.

• recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position