Definition for Before:

• at or in the front; " I see the lights of a town ahead"; " the road ahead is foggy"; " staring straight ahead"; " we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; " with the cross of Jesus marching on before"

Synonyms for Before:

• adj.

  •early (adjective)
  • beforehand.
  •preceding (adjective)
  • Precursive,
  • precursory,
  • aforementioned,
  • prevenient,
  • supra.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • earlier.
  •earlier (adverb)
  • before present,
  • Afore,
  • gone,
  • precendently,
  • ante,
  • in days of yore,
  • anteriorly,
  • sooner.

• n.

  •
  • advanced,
  • first,
  • advance,
  • early.
  •
  • precede.
  •
  • beware.
  •before (noun)
  • in front.
  •in time (noun)
  • facing.
  •previous time (noun)
  • foregoing,
  • priority,
  • antecedence.

• prep.

  •above (preposition)
  • prior to.
  •earlier than (preposition)
  • in front of,
  • anterior to,
  • previous to,
  • antecedent to.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • apart,
  • Since,
  • previous,
  • then,
  • off,
  • there,
  • near,
  • wherever,
  • one time,
  • Whenever,
  • where,
  • This,
  • preferably,
  • across,
  • preemptive,
  • along,
  • here,
  • till,
  • further,
  • barely.
  •
  • erstwhile,
  • on,
  • former,
  • up to,
  • Until,
  • up,
  • sometime,
  • preliminary,
  • in,
  • past,
  • above,
  • through,
  • yet,
  • inside,
  • down,
  • backward.
  •
  • last,
  • when.
  •
  • primary,
  • Toward.
  •
  • all,
  • around.
  •
  • about.
  •
  • by.
  •
  • back.
  •recently
  • yesterday.

Paraphrases for Before:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, base form
    itbefore.

• Independent

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    facts, assess, after, Without, then.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Rights, VS.
  • Noun, plural
    seconds, prerequisites, advances, Clients, intervals, Antes, Ones, balls, guys, blocks, fronts.
  • Adverb
    after, later, ever, already, rather, heretofore, then.
  • Verb, past tense
    supported, proposed, Proceeded, Promoted, moved, predated, stressed, opposed, faced, cleared, Happened, Went.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    proceeding, advancing, Outlining, waiting, predating, Excluding, Awaiting, arriving, leading, putting, suiting, passing, deciding, getting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    proposes, exists, Preceded, precedes, appears, predates, emerges, gets.

• Other Related

  • Cardinal number
    prior.
  • Adjective
    prior.
  • Proper noun, singular
    prior.
  • Noun, plural
    prior.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prior.
  • Adverb
    beforehand, prior.
  • Verb, past tense
    prior.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    prior.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    prior.
  • Verb, base form
    prior, precede.
  • Wh-pronoun
    prior.

Antonyms for Before:

• adv.

  • earlier
    afterward, later, after, behind.
  • Other antonyms:
    behind, next, after, later.