Thesaurus:former

Thesaurus

former

English

Adjective

Sense: former; that was but is no more

Synonyms

• antecedent
• anterior
• earlier
• erstwhile
• ex
• foregone
• former
• old    [⇒ thesaurus]
• olden
• past    [⇒ thesaurus]
• preceding
• precedent
• previous
• prior
• quondam
• sometime    [⇒ thesaurus]
• used-to-be
• whilom (archaic except literary)

Antonyms

• current
• subsequent    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• sequence    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• ex-

See also

• Thesaurus:formerly
• Thesaurus:past

Further reading

• “62. precedence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “former” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.