Former Synonyms and Antonyms

fôrmər
Just gone by or elapsed
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. antecedent
  2. anterior
  3. earlier
  4. foregoing
  5. past
  6. precedent
  7. preceding
  8. previous
  9. prior
Having been such previously
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. erstwhile
  2. late
  3. previous
  4. onetime
  5. preceding
  6. quondam
  7. once
  8. old
  9. past
  10. earlier
  11. foregoing
  12. sometime
  13. ancient
  14. prior
  15. bygone
  16. one-time
  17. whilom
  18. retired
  19. above-mentioned
  20. above
  21. anamnestic
  22. ex.
  23. antecedent
  24. anterior
  25. recent
  26. ci-devant
  27. cidevant
  28. creator
  29. departed
  30. then
  31. elapsed
  32. erewhile
  33. erst
  34. long-ago
  35. maker
  36. olden
The first of two or the first mentioned of two
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. antecedent
  2. cidevant
  3. emeritus
Antonyms:
  1. latter
First mentioned of two
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. latter

Words Related to Former

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Former Sentence Examples

  • She felt too bad for the former goddess to walk away.

  • Prince Vasili, who still occupied his former important posts, formed a connecting link between these two circles.

  • I'm a former deity.

  • How sick was the man who kept his former enemy as a slave?

  • For now, your former mate is safe.

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