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)
  • precursory,
  • aforementioned,
  • one time,
  • preliminary,
  • supra,
  • Precursive,
  • prevenient.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • earlier.
  •earlier (adverb)
  • fore,
  • gone,
  • in advance,
  • before present,
  • former,
  • previously,
  • formerly,
  • anteriorly,
  • Ere,
  • back,
  • Aforetime,
  • in days of yore,
  • Afore,
  • previous,
  • antecedently,
  • in old days,
  • ante,
  • Since,
  • in front,
  • in the past,
  • forward,
  • up to now,
  • precendently,
  • past,
  • ahead,
  • heretofore,
  • sooner.

• n.

  •
  • apart,
  • along,
  • about,
  • across,
  • beyond,
  • by,
  • around.
  •
  • early,
  • barely,
  • advance,
  • advanced,
  • previous,
  • prior,
  • first.
  •
  • past,
  • once,
  • already,
  • at one time,
  • previously,
  • formerly,
  • Aforetime,
  • precede,
  • erstwhile,
  • Beforetime.
  •
  • heretofore,
  • yet,
  • someday,
  • to come,
  • far-off,
  • tomorrow.
  •
  • last,
  • Whenever,
  • Until,
  • all,
  • sometime,
  • This,
  • when,
  • then,
  • here.
  •
  • beware.
  •before (noun)
  • earlier,
  • in front,
  • ahead.
  •in time (noun)
  • previously,
  • formerly,
  • back,
  • Since,
  • ago,
  • heretofore,
  • already,
  • facing.
  •previous time (noun)
  • foregoing,
  • priority,
  • antecedence,
  • preceding.

• prep.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • further,
  • off,
  • preemptive,
  • Whenever,
  • here,
  • there,
  • heretofore,
  • barely,
  • Beforetime,
  • beyond,
  • Aforetime,
  • This,
  • wherever,
  • then,
  • apart,
  • pre-existing,
  • along,
  • Ere,
  • preferably,
  • Since,
  • near,
  • where,
  • ahead of,
  • previous,
  • across,
  • one time,
  • till.
  •
  • down,
  • on,
  • through,
  • past,
  • Until,
  • already,
  • backward,
  • prior,
  • formerly,
  • preliminary,
  • up to,
  • in,
  • up,
  • former,
  • inside,
  • erstwhile,
  • sometime,
  • above,
  • yet.
  •
  • when,
  • first,
  • early,
  • last,
  • once.
  •
  • primary,
  • Toward.
  •
  • all,
  • around.
  •
  • about.
  •
  • by.
  •
  • back.
  •ahead of time
  • advance.
  •gone
  • ago.
  •long ago
  • previously.
  •recently
  • yesterday.
  •until now
  • hitherto.
  •Other relevant words:
  • precociously,
  • confronting,
  • in the past,
  • with time to spare,
  • observe,
  • currency,
  • historically,
  • proceed,
  • per,
  • prior,
  • out front,
  • ere now,
  • in view of,
  • primitively,
  • failing,
  • antecedently,
  • pre-existing,
  • attend,
  • said,
  • ante,
  • fulfill,
  • DO,
  • barely,
  • short of,
  • backward,
  • foresightedly,
  • hereinbefore,
  • onwards,
  • really,
  • in front of,
  • commend,
  • beware,
  • larger,
  • Eliminating,
  • someday,
  • reckon,
  • advantage,
  • barring,
  • predecessor,
  • largeness,
  • Excepting,
  • anteriorly,
  • former,
  • all over,
  • subordinating conjunction,
  • aforesaid,
  • by vote,
  • precedence,
  • hereinabove,
  • Priorly,
  • before this,
  • Aforetime,
  • previous,
  • in times past,
  • forwards,
  • in preference,
  • presence,
  • tomorrow,
  • front,
  • rather than,
  • hitherto,
  • up,
  • then,
  • ante-,
  • Afore,
  • setting aside,
  • time,
  • already,
  • antebellum,
  • aboard,
  • introductory,
  • advance,
  • erstwhile,
  • at one time,
  • sometime,
  • morning,
  • in preference to,
  • near,
  • across,
  • foremost,
  • precedency,
  • space,
  • before now,
  • in advance of,
  • in,
  • previous to,
  • lead,
  • appear,
  • Excluding,
  • out in front,
  • originally,
  • move,
  • in front,
  • exclusive of,
  • everywhere,
  • overlarge,
  • to the fore,
  • formers,
  • by,
  • in anticipation,
  • previously,
  • one time,
  • huge,
  • far-off,
  • primarily,
  • ahead,
  • oldest,
  • preemptive,
  • in the beginning,
  • formerly,
  • preliminary,
  • coin,
  • first,
  • precursory,
  • Since,
  • rather,
  • till,
  • aforementioned,
  • forestall,
  • Of,
  • down,
  • by preference,
  • above,
  • premature,
  • sooner,
  • abovementioned,
  • capital,
  • winning,
  • celebrate,
  • on top,
  • up to now,
  • Unto,
  • vast,
  • by choice,
  • Precluding,
  • Precursive,
  • in time past,
  • commit,
  • ahead of,
  • anticipate,
  • short,
  • theretofore,
  • at the front,
  • forward,
  • some time ago,
  • preferably,
  • in the foreground,
  • achieve,
  • in the face of,
  • dawn,
  • beforehand,
  • predate,
  • Whilom,
  • further,
  • apart,
  • with regard to,
  • Until,
  • supra,
  • commemorate,
  • ages ago,
  • until now,
  • fore,
  • Toward,
  • in the lead,
  • antecedent,
  • frontwards,
  • on board,
  • about,
  • daybreak,
  • greatness,
  • Prelusive,
  • betimes,
  • at the head,
  • execute,
  • Thitherto,
  • or else,
  • before present,
  • to the front,
  • antecedent to,
  • afield,
  • great,
  • ever,
  • in the future,
  • years ago,
  • earlier,
  • Whenever,
  • notwithstanding,
  • begin with,
  • prehistorically,
  • yesterday,
  • preparatory,
  • erst,
  • anterior to,
  • consign,
  • originate,
  • precendently,
  • Erewhile,
  • pass,
  • yet,
  • front side,
  • far ahead,
  • Headmost,
  • where,
  • along,
  • surface,
  • through,
  • in advance,
  • away,
  • devote,
  • confront,
  • money,
  • go,
  • Onto,
  • funds,
  • never,
  • prior to,
  • out of,
  • Upon,
  • leaving out,
  • aspect,
  • time was,
  • anterior,
  • Preliminarily,
  • Proemial,
  • advanced,
  • down on,
  • in anticipation of,
  • appearance,
  • recently,
  • in old days,
  • primary,
  • maker,
  • in days of yore,
  • gone,
  • earliest,
  • onward,
  • on,
  • early,
  • Aforehand,
  • all,
  • precede,
  • anteriority,
  • Ere,
  • Against,
  • size,
  • forrader,
  • heretofore,
  • past,
  • front edge,
  • leading,
  • under one's nose,
  • ago,
  • except for,
  • up to,
  • back,
  • once,
  • accomplish,
  • ahead of time,
  • Prelusory,
  • to come,
  • apart from,
  • used to,
  • This,
  • off,
  • at home,
  • precedent,
  • aeons ago,
  • provide,
  • there,
  • here,
  • matutinal,
  • forth,
  • apply,
  • Erenow,
  • to,
  • in olden days,
  • at,
  • wherever,
  • on top of,
  • look,
  • prefatory,
  • perform,
  • prevenient,
  • openly,
  • last,
  • facing,
  • bigger,
  • kale,
  • inside,
  • creator,
  • Beforetime,
  • around,
  • in the forefront,
  • beyond,
  • bigness,
  • behold,
  • when.

Antonyms for Before:

• adv.

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