Former

//ˈfɔɹmɚ//

Synonyms for "former" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

erstwhile previous past aforementioned aforenamed aforesaid ancient antecedent antediluvian anterior anticipatory back

Adjective(6 words)

erstwhile sometime whilom antecedent anterior back

Strong matches (27)

beforementioned bygone ci-devant departed earlier early elder eldest first first-born firstling fore foregoing forementioned forenamed immemorial last late latest

Adjective(5 words)

earlier ex foregone historical hitherto

Adjective(3 words)

early erstwhile late

Related words (45)

major named old olden older oldest once one time onetime outgoing precedent preceding precurrent preexistent prehistoric prime primeval primitive primogenitary prior

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quondam recent said same senior sometime then whilom

Adjective(10 words)

old olden past precedent preceding previous prior quondam used-to-be wont-to-be

Adjective(7 words)

old one-time onetime other previous quondam sometime

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

2 entries

first number one

Antonyms

5 entries

after latter now

Synonyms

2 entries

erstwhile previous

Related terms

2 entries

ex formerly

derived

15 entries

T-former beamformer former Soviet Union former USSR former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia former times formerly formerness glassformer metalformer opinion former pan former shadow of one's former self sixth-former sporeformer

derived from

1 entries

form

distinct from

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after current latter

etymologically related_to

4 entries

before first fore prior

has context

2 entries

british used in combinations

holonym

1 entries

sequence

is a

1 entries

first

related to

41 entries

adjective before before now behind behind us creator cut die earlier employee erst erstwhile ex ex president first form

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similar

2 entries

past

Translations

139 translations across 53 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πρότερος adj (previous)

Arabic

1 entries

سَابِق adj (previous)

Belarusian

3 entries

бы́ўшы adj (previous)
былы́ adj (previous)
пе́ршы adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Bengali

4 entries

পূর্বতন adj (previous)
প্রাক্তন adj (previous)
ভূতপূর্ব adj (previous)
সাবেক adj (previous)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бивш adj (previous)
ми́нал adj (previous)
преди́шен adj (previous)
преди́шен adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Catalan

2 entries

anterior adj (previous)
previ adj (previous)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بەرتر adj (previous)
پێشوو adj (previous)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

前 adj (previous)
前者 adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Czech

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bývalý adj (previous)

Danish

2 entries

forhenværende adj (previous)
tidligere adj (previous)

Dutch

4 entries

deze adj (first of aforementioned two items)
eerstgenoemde adj (first of aforementioned two items)
gewezen adj (previous)
voormalig adj (previous)

Esperanto

1 entries

antaŭa adj (previous)

Faroese

1 entries

fyrrverandi adj (previous)

Finnish

4 entries

edellinen adj (previous)
edeltävä adj (previous)
ensimmäinen adj (first of aforementioned two items)
entinen adj (previous)

French

4 entries

ancien adj (previous)
celui-là adj (first of aforementioned two items)
premier adj (first of aforementioned two items)
précédent adj (previous)

Galician

1 entries

anterior adj (previous)

Georgian

2 entries

უწინდელი adj (previous)
წინანდელი adj (previous)

German

4 entries

alt adj (previous)
ehemalig adj (previous)
erstere adj (first of aforementioned two items)
ersterer adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Greek

1 entries

πρώην adj (previous)

Higaonon

1 entries

daan adj (previous)

Hindi

2 entries

पूर्ववर्ती adj (previous)
पूर्ववर्ती adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Hungarian

4 entries

egykori adj (previous)
előbbi adj (previous)
előbbi adj (first of aforementioned two items)
előző adj (previous)

Indonesian

2 entries

mantan adj (previous)
terdahulu adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Italian

4 entries

anteriore adj (previous)
ex adj (previous)
precedente adj (previous)
primo adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Japanese

2 entries

前 adj (previous)
前者 adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Khmer

1 entries

អតីត adj (previous)

Korean

2 entries

전의 adj (previous)
전자 adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Latin

2 entries

anterior adj (previous)
quondam adj (previous)

Macedonian

2 entries

бивш adj (previous)
претходен adj (previous)

Malay

2 entries

bekas adj (previous)
mantan adj (previous)

Manchu

2 entries

ᠨᡝᠨᡝᠮᡝ adj (previous)
ᠨᡝᠨᡝᡥᡝ adj (previous)

Māori

1 entries

o mua adj (previous)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

forhenværende adj (previous)
førstnevnt adj (first of aforementioned two items)
tidligere adj (previous)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

førverande adj (previous)
tidlegare adj (previous)

Occitan

1 entries

anterior adj (previous)

Pashto

1 entries

پخوانی adj (previous)

Persian

4 entries

اسبق adj (previous)
اولی adj (first of aforementioned two items)
سابق adj (previous)
قدیم adj (previous)

Polish

2 entries

były adj (previous)
pierwszy (z dwóch) adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Portuguese

4 entries

anterior adj (previous)
aquele adj (first of aforementioned two items)
ex adj (previous)
primeiro adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Russian

4 entries

бы́вший adj (previous)
пе́рвый adj (first of aforementioned two items)
пре́жний adj (previous)
предыду́щий adj (previous)

Scots

1 entries

umwhile adj (previous)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bȋvšī adj (previous)
préthodan adj (previous)
би̑вшӣ adj (previous)
пре́тходан adj (previous)

Slovak

1 entries

bývalý adj (previous)

Slovene

3 entries

bivši adj (previous)
prejšnji adj (previous)
prvi adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Spanish

4 entries

anterior adj (previous)
antiguo adj (previous)
aquel adj (first of aforementioned two items)
aquella adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Swedish

4 entries

forna adj (previous)
före detta adj (previous)
föregående adj (first of aforementioned two items)
förra adj (previous)

Tajik

1 entries

пешина adj (previous)

Telugu

2 entries

ముందరి adj (previous)
మునుపటి adj (previous)

Thai

4 entries

ก่อน adj (previous)
ก่อนหน้า adj (first of aforementioned two items)
อดีต adj (previous)
เก่า adj (previous)

Turkish

4 entries

eski adj (previous)
ilk adj (first of aforementioned two items)
önce adj (previous)
önceki adj (previous)

Ukrainian

2 entries

коли́шній adj (previous)
пе́рший adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Uzbek

1 entries

sobiq adj (previous)

Vietnamese

4 entries

cũ adj (previous)
cựu adj (previous)
nguyên adj (previous)
trước adj (first of aforementioned two items)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Kyoto was the former capital of Japan.

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Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.

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The company took action against its former accountant.

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Love is above money. The latter can't give as much happiness as the former.

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