Synonyms for past
Another word for past is other, then or one-time. Below are 31 synonyms and 19 related words across 6 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: paster, pastes, pasts.
1. adjective: earlier than the present time; no longer current
- other synonyms
- then synonyms
- one-time synonyms
- last synonyms
- old synonyms
- early synonyms
- ago
- late synonyms
- former synonyms
- gone synonyms
- recent synonyms
- previous synonyms
- historical synonyms
- ancient synonyms
- historic synonyms
- sometime synonyms
- medieval synonyms
- departed synonyms
- outgoing synonyms
- prehistoric synonyms
- erstwhile
- ult
- olden
- bygone
- mediaeval
Antonyms
- future synonyms
- present synonyms
2. adjective: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
- retiring synonyms
- preceding synonyms
- outgoing synonyms
3. noun: the time that has elapsed
- past times
- yesteryear
Antonyms
4. noun: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
5. noun: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
- past tense
6. adverb: so as to pass a given point
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Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- history synonyms
- old times
- time out of mind
- good old days
- yesterday
- water under the bridge
- yore
- time immemorial
- lang syne synonyms
- auld langsyne
- langsyne
- period synonyms
- time period
- period of time
- simple past
- past simple
- tense synonyms
- preterite
- preterit
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Questions people ask
What is another word for past?
You can say other, then, one-time, last or old instead of past. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "earlier than the present time; no longer current".
What is the opposite of past?
The opposite of past is future or present.
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