Onetime

adj

adj ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of one-time (“former; past”). alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    ""Nay," said he, stoutly, "I be no Lord and I be no Prince, but I be as good as thou. For am I not the son of thy onetime very true comrade and thy kinsman […]?"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of one-time (“occurring once”). alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "So far as manufacturers, traders, and lawyers use the savings banks, they are very generally of the poorer classes; and these probably own a great majority of the larger onetime deposits."

Adjective
  1. 1
    belonging to some prior time wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
erstwhilepastancientbygoneearlyerstwhile

Example

More examples

"His book's onetime ghostwriter now offers a withering critique: "Tom has the attention span and the knowledge base of a hyperactive nine-year-old.""

Etymology

From one + time.

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