Thesaurus:past

Thesaurus

past

English

Adjective

Sense: having to do with or occurring before the current period

Synonyms

• backward (obsolete)
• bygone
• foregone
• forepassed
• forepast (obsolete)
• historic (now uncommon)
• historical
• long ago    [⇒ thesaurus]
• olden
• past
• preterite

Antonyms

• future    [⇒ thesaurus]
• present    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• ancient
• former    [⇒ thesaurus]
• obsolete    [⇒ thesaurus]
• old    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:the past (noun)
• Thesaurus:former

Further reading

• “122. the past” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “past” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.