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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

earlier or prior; preceding;

e.g. The former president of the student council graduated from college last year.

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Similar Words

Antecedent

Anterior

Erstwhile

Foregoing

Late

Long-ago

Noncontemporary

Olden

Once

Onetime

Other

Past

Precedent

Preceding

Preexisting

Previous

Prior

Quondam

Rinky-dink

Sometime

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Opposite Words

Advanced

After

Closing

Coming

Contemporary

Current

Designer

Extant

Final

Following

Forthcoming

Future

Futuristic

Gathering

High tech

Hot

Immediate

Imminent

Impending

Instant

Last

Late

Later

Latest

Latter

Latter-day

Makeshift

Mod

Modern

New age

New-fashioned

Newfangled

Next

Oncoming

Ongoing

Pending

Posterior

Present

Present-day

Prospective

Proximate

Red-hot

Space-age

State of the art

Subsequent

Substitute

Supermodern

Terminal

Threatening

Ultimate

Ultramodern

Unborn

Up-to-date

Up-to-the-minute

Upcoming

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Related Words

Advance

Aforementioned

Aforesaid

Antiquated

Antique

Archaic

Beginning

Bygone

Dated

Dead

Defunct

Departed

Early

Erstwhile

Expired

Extinct

First

Foregoing

Fossilized

Gone

Inaugural

Initial

Introductory

Kaput

Long-ago

Maiden

Medieval

Moribund

Mossy

Moth-eaten

Neolithic

Noachian

Obsolete

Old-fashioned

Old-school

Old-time

Old-timey

Old-world

Oldfangled

Original

Out-of-date

Outdated

Outmoded

Outworn

Pioneer

Preexisting

Prefatory

Prehistoric

Preliminary

Premature

Preparatory

Primary

Quaint

Retro

Retrograde

Said

Superannuated

Vintage

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