In the past

Synonyms for "in the past" (26 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Preposition(3 words)
before nowearlier timesformer times

Strong matches (7)

Preposition(3 words)
formerlyhistorical memoryhistorical period
Adverb(1 words)
historically

Related words (13)

Preposition(6 words)
in earlier timesin former timesmemory of previous eventsprevious erapreviouslyrecollection of past events
Adjective(2 words)
previousquondam
Adverb(1 words)
sometime
Adverb(1 words)
sometime

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries
erahistorical conceptmemorytemporal expressiontemporal prepositiontime expressiontime indicatortime period

More specific

10 entries
ancient historybefore nowcollective memoryearlier erashistorical adverbmedieval periodmodern erapast time phrasepast timespersonal memory

Collocations

15 entries
bygone eradistant pastearlier timesformer timeshistorical contexthistorical pastpast decadepast erapast time phrasepast timespast yearprevious erarecent pasttemporal expressiontime indicator

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Keep exploring

Browse writing guidesRead the blog