Synonyms for Past:

adj.
• dead
- late
• different time
- bygone
- following
- future
- next
- then
• forgotten
- blanked out
- blotted out
- clean forgot
- consigned to oblivion
- drew a blank
- left behind
- past recollection
- slipped one's mind
- unrecalled
- unremembered
- fell between the cracks
- left out
• late
- exanimate
- latest
• lost
- out of date
• old
- ageold
- cast-off
- castoff
- time-worn
- wornout
- over-the-hill
• olden
- old as the hills
• past
- ancient
- anteceding
- old-time
- primeval
- primordial
- yesterday's
- yore
• preceding
- Precursive
- aforeknown
- forerunning
- pre-existent
- preexistent
- prevenient
- prodromal
- supra
• all
- past
• ancestral
- in born
- in bred
- in family
- in-born
- in-bred
- more genealogical
- more inbred
- more lineal
- more totemic
- more tribal
- most genealogical
- most inbred
- most lineal
- most totemic
- most tribal
- running family
- running in family
- running the family
• antecedent
- more precedent
- more precursory
- most precedent
- most precursory
- pre cursory
- pre-cursory
- preliminary
• back
- more elapsed
- most elapsed
- over due
- over-due
• erstwhile
- by gone
- by-gone
- exest
- more sometime
- most sometime
• foregoing
- fore going
- fore-going
- more above
- more aforementioned
- more aforestated
- most above
- most aforementioned
- most aforestated
• former
- de parted
- de-parted
- more ex
- more ex-
- more whilom
- most ex
- most ex-
- most whilom
• gone
- de camped
- de ceased
- de-camped
- de-ceased
- dis appeared
- dis integrated
- dis placed
- dis solved
- dis-appeared
- dis-integrated
- dis-placed
- dis-solved
- down drain
- more away
- more consumed
- more decamped
- more disappeared
- more disintegrated
- more dissolved
- more flown
- more nonextant
- more passed
- more quit
- more run off
- more run-off
- more runoff
- more shifted
- more split
- most away
- most consumed
- most decamped
- most disappeared
- most disintegrated
- most dissolved
- most flown
- most nonextant
- most passed
- most quit
- most run off
- most run-off
- most runoff
- most shifted
- most split
- non extant
- non-extant
- not sign of
- out window
- re moved
- re tired
- re-tired
- taken powder
- turned dust
- with drawn
- with-drawn
• historical
- more archival
- more attested
- more chronicled
- more commemorated
- more documented
- most archival
- most attested
- most chronicled
- most commemorated
- most documented
• passe
- passer
• preceding, done
- gone by
• stale
- fusty
adv.
• before
- in days of yore
- in days yore
- in past
- up now
• beyond
- at distance
- be sides
- be yond
- be-sides
- be-yond
- beyond bounds
- on far side
- on other side
- out range
- out reach
- out side
- over above
- re-mote
• by
- to side
adv. & prep.
• beyond
- out-side
n.
- AM
- fast
- half-hour
- after
- at someone's heels
- in the background
- at one time
- one day
- confidence
- confidentiality
- conspiracy of silence
- hidden agenda
- intimacy
- secrecy
- secret
- state secret
- stealth
- trade secret
- DO
- aspect
- auxiliary
- auxiliary verb
- conjugation
- copula
- the active
- the conditional
- the first person
- the future
- at the last moment/minute
- be out of time
- belatedly
- not a moment too soon
- running late
• different time
- days gone by
• good old days
- horse and buggy day
- horse buggy day
- horse buggy days
- times yore
• history
- ancient time
- bygone time
- days old
- days yore
- old day
- olden day
• past
- bygone days
• suspect
- anticipate
- expect
- fear
- guess
• water under the bridge
- bygones
prep.
• by
- be side
- be-side
Other synonyms:

•

the good old days
the mists of time/history
the past
turn/set/put the clock back

•

down
get on

•

front

•

back

•

Against

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• antecedent

preceding

• beyond

over

• hereditary

ancestral

• suspect

accuse

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  bygone, elapsed, former.
- Proper noun, singular
  former.
- Noun, plural
  bygones.
- Noun, singular or mass
  former.
Independent
- Adjective
  hitherto, last, latest, remaining, last-mentioned.
- Proper noun, singular
  last, latest, media, roma, tops, Alumni, Children, Classes, women, Programs, Torts, accomplishments, hits, defeats, teams, NGOS.
- Noun, plural
  Alumni, Backs, guys, decades, brothers.
- Noun, singular or mass
  data, hitherto, last, latest.
- Adverb
  last, latest, traditionally.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  calling, crawling, cutting, flowing, going, hiding, talking, thinking, writing, Kidding, Placing.
Other Related
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  happening, moving.

What are the hypernyms for Past?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for past (as nouns)
- time
  langsyne, auld langsyne, time out of mind, time immemorial, bygone, history, old times, old, yore, yesterday, water under the bridge, good old days.

What are the hyponyms for Past?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for past (as nouns)
- time
  period, time period, period of time, time.

What are the holonyms for Past?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

holonyms for past (as nouns)
- time
  life.

What are the opposite words for past?

The word "past" refers to something that has already happened, or a time that has already passed. The antonyms of this word include "future," which refers to what is yet to come, and "present," which is what is happening right now. Other antonyms for "past" include "next," "upcoming," "prospect," "to be," "henceforth," and "forthcoming." These words all indicate that something is yet to happen, or that there is still a possibility of change. While the past can be a powerful force in shaping who we are today, it is important to focus on the present and future in order to achieve our goals and find happiness.

What are the antonyms for Past?

adj.
• actual
- de finite
- de-finite
- ex act
- ex-act
- for real
- honest god
- in disputable
- in dubitable
- in-disputable
- in-dubitable
- more substantive
- most substantive
- pre vailing
- pre-vailing
- prevailing
- sure enough
- un deniable
- un-deniable
- un-questionable
• advancing, early
- forward
• all
- future
- present
• approaching
- Nearing
• close by physically
- near
• coming
- almost on one
- almost one
- de serving
- de-serving
- drawing near
- fore seen
- fore-seen
- gaining up on
- gaining upon
- getting near
- in offing
- in prospect
- in store
- in the offing
- in the wind
- in view
- more advancing
- more converging
- more docking
- more predestined
- more preparing
- more progressing
- most advancing
- most docking
- most predestined
- most preparing
- most progressing
- pre destined
- pre paring
- pre-destined
- pre-paring
- running after
- sub sequent
- sub-sequent
- to be
- up and coming
• contemporary
- REDHOT
- co existent
- co existing
- co incident
- co-existent
- co-existing
- co-incident
- contempo
- hot off press
- hot press
- in fashion
- instant
- just out
- leading-edge
- leadingedge
- more abreast
- more associated
- more coexisting
- more contempo
- more leading edge
- more leading-edge
- more leadingedge
- more synchronal
- more today
- more up
- more voguish
- most abreast
- most associated
- most coexisting
- most contempo
- most leading edge
- most leading-edge
- most leadingedge
- most synchronal
- most today
- most up
- most voguish
- newest
- newfangled
- nower
- nowest
- present day
- presentday
- re-lated
- red hot
- synchronal
- today
- ultra modern
- ultra-modern
- up-to-the-minute
- voguish
• contemporary; common
- current
• current
- common knowledge
- cutting-edge
- cuttingedge
- doinger
- doingest
- fadder
- faddest
- going around
- in circulation
- in mainstream
- in news
- in progress
- in the mainstream
- in the news
- in use
- more cutting edge
- more cutting-edge
- more cuttingedge
- more prevalent
- most cutting edge
- most cutting-edge
- most cuttingedge
- on front burner
- topical
- up-to-date
• eventual
- de pendent
- de-pendent
- down pike
- down road
- down the pike
- down the road
- end most
- ensuing
- hind most
- hind-most
- in cards
- in direct
- in evitable
- in the cards
- in-direct
- in-evitable
- more ending
- more resulting
- most ending
- most resulting
- overall
- terminal
• existent
- existing
• expected, imminent
- forthcoming
• fashionable
- in
- swank
- trig
• forthcoming
- impending
- in escapable
- in evidence
- in preparation
- in-escapable
- more awaited
- most awaited
- up-coming
• forward
- bare faced
- bare-faced
- coming on strong
- coming strong
- facial
- fore most
- fore-most
- forer
- forward looking
- forward-looking
- forwardlooking
- more ahead
- more bare faced
- more bare-faced
- more facial
- more forth
- more forward looking
- more forward-looking
- more forwardlooking
- more onward
- more overassertive
- more propulsive
- more ventral
- more well developed
- more well-developed
- more welldeveloped
- most ahead
- most bare faced
- most bare-faced
- most forth
- most forward looking
- most forward-looking
- most forwardlooking
- most onward
- most overassertive
- most propulsive
- most ventral
- most well developed
- most well-developed
- most welldeveloped
- over assertive
- over-assertive
- over-weening
- overassertive
- pre mature
- pre maturer
- pre maturest
- pre sumptuous
- pre-mature
- pre-maturer
- pre-maturest
- propulsive
- selfassertive
- smart alecky
- smartalecky
- up pity
- up-pity
- well developed
- well-developed
- welldeveloped
• future
- close at hand
- close hand
- down line
- down the line
- from here eternity
- from here in
- from here on
- from here to eternity
- from now in
- from now on in
- in course of time
- in course time
- in the course of time
- in the course time
- just around corner
- just around the corner
- looked toward
- more budgeted
- more unfolding
- most budgeted
- most unfolding
- un born
- un folding
- un-born
- un-folding
• impending
- handwriting-on-the-wall
- more gathering
- more handwriting on the wall
- more handwriting-on-the-wall
- more hovering
- more portending
- most brewing
- most gathering
- most handwriting on the wall
- most handwriting-on-the-wall
- most hovering
- most overhanging
- on horizon
- on the horizon
- over-hanging
- see coming
- see it coming
- waiting to
• in
- a go go
- a go-go
- a gogo
- faddier
- faddiest
- faddy
- flyest
- in style
- more trendsetting
- more well liked
- more well-liked
- most trendsetting
- most upscale
- most well liked
- most wellliked
- trendsetting
- up minute
- up the minute
- up to minute
- up-scale
- upscale
- well liked
- well-liked
- wellliked
• instant
- more on the spot
- more split second
- more split-second
- more splitsecond
- most on the spot
- most on-the-spot
- most split second
- most split-second
- most splitsecond
- on the spot
- on-the-spot
- split-second
- splitsecond
• modern
- Latterday
- Neoteric
- Newfashioned
- avant garde
- avantgarde
- contemporary
- latter day
- more modernized
- more new fashioned
- more new-fashioned
- more newfashioned
- more with it
- more withit
- most neoteric
- most newfashioned
- most with it
- most with-it
- most withit
- new fashioned
- new-fashioned
- twenty first century
- twentyfirst century
- with-it
- withit
• near
- along toward
- approximal
- at close quarters
- be side
- be-side
- close by
- close shave
- close-at-hand
- close-by
- closeby
- hair breadth
- hair's breadth
- hairs breadth
- in close proximity
- more approximal
- more around
- more attached
- more beside
- more close at hand
- more close by
- more close-at-hand
- more close-by
- more closeby
- more near at hand
- more near-at-hand
- more proximal
- more side-by-side
- more vincinal
- most abutting
- most alongside
- most approximal
- most around
- most attached
- most beside
- most close at hand
- most close by
- most close-at-hand
- most closeby
- most near at hand
- most near-at-hand
- most side by side
- most side-by-side
- near at hand
- near-at-hand
- next door
- not remote
- proximal
- side-by-side
- vincinal
- within stone throw
- within stone's throw
- within stones throw
• nearing
- more approximating
- most approximating
• new
- brand new
- brandnew
- dewier
- dewiest
- dewy
- dis similar
- dis-similar
- in experienced
- in-experienced
- more uncontaminated
- more untrodden
- most uncontaminated
- most untrodden
- spick and span
- un accustomed
- un contaminated
- un familiar
- un known
- un liker
- un likest
- un seasoned
- un skilled
- un spoiled
- un touched
- un trained
- un tried
- un trieder
- un triedest
- un trodden
- un usual
- un-accustomed
- un-contaminated
- un-familiar
- un-known
- un-likest
- un-seasoned
- un-skilled
- un-spoiled
- un-touched
- un-trained
- un-tried
- un-trieder
- un-triedest
- un-trodden
- un-used
- un-usual
- uncontaminated
- untrodden
• new, original
- novel
• new, up-to-date
- modern
• noun
- approaching
- early
- emerging
- extant
- future day
- futurity
- hereafter
- immediate
- incoming
- inst
- latter-day
- ongoing
- present-day
- prospective
- prox
- proximo
- rising
- unborn
- upcoming
• novel
- at cutting edge
- breaking new ground
- un common
- un commoner
- un commonest
- un-common
- un-commoner
• olden, former
- new
- on time
• oncoming
- more onrushing
- most onrushing
- oncoming
- onrushing
• preceding, done
- after
- later
• present
- be gun
- be ingest
- be-gun
- be-ingest
- beinger
- beingest
- even now
- for the time being
- for time being
- in attendance
- in duration
- in process
- made scene
- made the scene
- more already
- more commenced
- more nowadays
- most already
- most commenced
- most nowadays
- on board
- on deck
- on hand
- pre sent
- pre-sent
- there
- therest
- under consideration
• recent
- hot fire
- hot off fire
- hot off the fire
- hot off the press
- hot the fire
- hot the press
- more neoteric
- more newborn
- most newborn
- most novel
- re cent
- re-cent
- the latest
• truly existing, real
- actual
• up-to-date
- all rage
- all the rage
- faddish
- in thing
- in-thing
- inthing
- more faddish
- more happening
- more in thing
- more in-thing
- more inthing
- more with-it
- most faddish
- most happening
- most in thing
- most in-thing
- most inthing
- state of art
- state the art
- up to date
• up-to-the-minute
- up to the minute
adv.
• forward
- Vanward
- alee
- be forehand
- be-forehand
- in to prominence
- in to view
- into prominence
- into view
- the fore
- to fore
- to the fore
• new
- of late
• now
- at moment
- at time
- here now
- in minute
- in moment
- just now
- on double
- soonest
• presently
- now
• recently
- newly
n.
• future
- Futurities
- after time
- after-time
- aftertime
- aftertimes
- by and by
- by by
- by byes
- life come
- life to come
- morrow
- morrows
- offings
- pro spect
- pro spects
- pro-spects
- subsequent time
- subsequent times
- to bes
- tomorrow
- tomorrows
- world come
- world to come
• future generations
- posterity
• noun
- fortune
- time to come
• outlook
- fore cast
- fore casts
- fore-cast
- fore-casts
- frame mind
- head sets
- head-set
- head-sets
- headset
- headsets
- law averages
- likelihood
- mind set
- normal course
- normal courses
- out look
- out looks
- out-look
- out-looks
- scapes
- size it
- size of it
• point of view
- outlook
• posterity
- Progeniture
- childrens
- next generation
- next generations
- pro geniture
- pro genitures
- pro-geniture
- pro-genitures
- progenitures
- succeeding generation
- succeeding generations
- unborns
• present
- Gifting
- NOWS
- giftings
- giveaway
- giveaways
- goodie
- nonce
- nonces
- pre sents
- pre-sents
- present moment
- present moments
- the time being
- the time beings
- this days
- this times
- time being
- time beings
- todays
- write offs
- writeoff
- writeoffs
• temporal length of event or entity's existence, period
- time
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Usage examples for Past

It has never been so in the past.

"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"

G. A. Chadwick

Yes, it was only ten minutes past twelve.

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

You know we never have it until half-past six.

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

Famous quotes with Past

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

Hank Aaron
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Lynn Abbey
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

Berenice Abbott
The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.

Jack Henry Abbott
In the past few years I have begun the process of becoming a new man.

Jack Abramoff

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adj.

adv.

adv. & prep.

n.

prep.

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