Definition for Past:

• Gone by; ended.

Synonyms for Past:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • past,
  • retiring.
  •ancestral (adjective)
  • more lineal,
  • most lineal,
  • running family,
  • in born,
  • more totemic,
  • most tribal,
  • in-bred,
  • in-born,
  • most inbred,
  • running the family,
  • running in family,
  • more genealogical,
  • more tribal,
  • most totemic,
  • in bred,
  • more inbred,
  • in family,
  • most genealogical.
  •antecedent (adjective)
  • more precedent,
  • pre-cursory,
  • most precursory,
  • preliminary,
  • more precursory,
  • pre cursory,
  • most precedent.
  •back (adjective)
  • over-due,
  • over due,
  • more elapsed,
  • most elapsed.
  •dead (adjective)
  • late.
  •erstwhile (adjective)
  • by-gone,
  • more sometime,
  • exest,
  • by gone,
  • most sometime.
  •foregoing (adjective)
  • fore-going,
  • fore going,
  • most above,
  • more aforementioned,
  • more above,
  • most aforementioned,
  • most aforestated,
  • more aforestated.
  •forgotten (adjective)
  • blanked out,
  • past recollection,
  • left out,
  • consigned to oblivion,
  • forgotten,
  • blown over,
  • blotted out,
  • left behind,
  • unrecalled,
  • drew a blank,
  • fell between the cracks,
  • slipped one's mind,
  • clean forgot,
  • unremembered.
  •former (adjective)
  • de-parted,
  • de parted,
  • most ex,
  • more ex-,
  • more ex,
  • most ex-,
  • most whilom,
  • more whilom.
  •gone (adjective)
  • dis-integrated,
  • non-extant,
  • dis-solved,
  • more runoff,
  • with-drawn,
  • most disintegrated,
  • more decamped,
  • most run-off,
  • more consumed,
  • not sign of,
  • most dissolved,
  • more run-off,
  • dis-placed,
  • de-ceased,
  • more disappeared,
  • re moved,
  • more passed,
  • most flown,
  • most split,
  • more shifted,
  • re tired,
  • down drain,
  • dis appeared,
  • dis integrated,
  • most disappeared,
  • dis solved,
  • more nonextant,
  • most run off,
  • most consumed,
  • de ceased,
  • with drawn,
  • most nonextant,
  • most runoff,
  • most quit,
  • dis-appeared,
  • de-camped,
  • more away,
  • most away,
  • more flown,
  • most shifted,
  • most passed,
  • turned dust,
  • retired,
  • more split,
  • more quit,
  • de camped,
  • more disintegrated,
  • most decamped,
  • out window,
  • taken powder,
  • more run off,
  • dis placed,
  • re-tired,
  • more dissolved,
  • non extant.
  •historical (adjective)
  • more chronicled,
  • more archival,
  • more attested,
  • most archival,
  • most commemorated,
  • most chronicled,
  • most attested,
  • more documented,
  • most documented,
  • more commemorated.
  •outgoing (adjective)
  • more outward-bound,
  • more outward bound,
  • more withdrawing,
  • most outward bound,
  • re-tiring,
  • out-goingest,
  • more outwardbound,
  • most outbound,
  • most outwardbound,
  • out goingest,
  • most withdrawing,
  • outbound,
  • out bound,
  • out-going,
  • out goinger,
  • de-parting,
  • de parting,
  • more outbound,
  • with drawing,
  • re tiring,
  • out-goinger,
  • out-bound,
  • outward bound,
  • outwardbound,
  • with-drawing,
  • most outward-bound,
  • out going.
  •over (adjective)
  • more by,
  • most up,
  • most by,
  • at end,
  • more concluded,
  • most concluded,
  • more up.
  •passe (adjective)
  • passer.
  •past (adjective)
  • old-time,
  • anteceding,
  • yore,
  • ancient,
  • primeval,
  • yesterday's,
  • primordial.
  •preceding (adjective)
  • prevenient,
  • preexistent,
  • Precursive,
  • supra,
  • prodromal,
  • forerunning,
  • aforeknown,
  • pre-existent.
  •preceding, done (adjective)
  • elapsed,
  • extinct,
  • ended,
  • over and done,
  • spent,
  • accomplished.
  •primal (adjective)
  • pre-historic,
  • pre historic,
  • para mount,
  • para-mount.
  •prior (adjective)
  • more ahead,
  • most ahead,
  • pre existing,
  • more preexisting,
  • most preexisting.
  •stale (adjective)
  • in sipid,
  • cliche-ridden,
  • like dinosaur,
  • more cliche ridden,
  • wellworn,
  • most wellworn,
  • in-sipid,
  • more cliche,
  • more well worn,
  • most cliche ridden,
  • more well-worn,
  • fusty,
  • more wellworn,
  • most well worn,
  • most cliche,
  • timeworn,
  • repetitious,
  • cliche ridden,
  • yester day's,
  • well worn,
  • most well-worn,
  • most cliche-ridden,
  • most zestless,
  • stereo typed,
  • yester-day's,
  • more cliche-ridden,
  • more zestless.

• adv.

  •before (adverb)
  • in days of yore,
  • in days yore,
  • up now,
  • gone by,
  • in past.
  •beyond (adverb)
  • be yond,
  • at distance,
  • on other side,
  • be-sides,
  • on far side,
  • re-mote,
  • out reach,
  • over above,
  • be-yond,
  • out range,
  • be sides,
  • out side,
  • beyond bounds.
  •by (adverb)
  • to side.
  •without (adverb)
  • out-doors,
  • on outside,
  • out doors.

• adv. & prep.

  •beyond (adverb, preposition)
  • out-side.

• n.

  •
  • at,
  • forward,
  • AM,
  • fast,
  • half-hour.
  •
  • rearmost,
  • in the background,
  • up front,
  • at someone's heels,
  • farther than,
  • rear.
  •
  • one day,
  • at one time,
  • previously.
  •
  • once,
  • all,
  • here,
  • when,
  • Whenever,
  • Until,
  • This,
  • sometime,
  • Whilom,
  • precede.
  •
  • conspiracy of silence,
  • confidence,
  • confidentiality,
  • secret,
  • hidden agenda,
  • trade secret,
  • stealth,
  • secrecy,
  • state secret,
  • intimacy.
  •
  • completed,
  • finished,
  • exhausted,
  • mission accomplished,
  • up,
  • anymore.
  •
  • conjugation,
  • aspect,
  • auxiliary,
  • auxiliary verb,
  • the first person,
  • the conditional,
  • the active,
  • DO,
  • the future,
  • copula.
  •
  • last minute,
  • be out of time,
  • at the last moment/minute,
  • running late,
  • not a moment too soon,
  • belatedly.
  •
  • turn/set/put the clock back,
  • the mists of time/history,
  • the good old days,
  • the past.
  •ago (noun)
  • ago.
  •agone (noun)
  • agone.
  •by (noun)
  • by.
  •bygone (noun)
  • bygone.
  •bypast (noun)
  • bypast.
  •chivalric (noun)
  • chivalric.
  •different time (noun)
  • days gone by.
  •earlier (noun)
  • earlier.
  •foregone (noun)
  • foregone.
  •good old days (noun)
  • times yore,
  • horse buggy days,
  • horse and buggy day,
  • horse buggy day.
  •historic (noun)
  • historic.
  •history (noun)
  • bygone time,
  • days yore,
  • days old,
  • olden day,
  • old day,
  • ancient time.
  •other (noun)
  • other.
  •outgoing (noun)
  • outgoing.
  •past (noun)
  • bygone days.
  •past tense (noun)
  • past tense.
  •past times (noun)
  • past times.
  •prehistoric (noun)
  • prehistoric.
  •prehistorical (noun)
  • prehistorical.
  •suspect (noun)
  • accuse,
  • expect,
  • guess,
  • anticipate,
  • fear.
  •then (noun)
  • then.
  •time gone by (noun)
  • old times,
  • times past,
  • years ago,
  • antiquity,
  • time immemorial,
  • former times,
  • Old lang syne.
  •ult (noun)
  • ult.
  •ultimo (noun)
  • ultimo.
  •water under the bridge (noun)
  • bygones.
  •yesterday (noun)
  • lang synes,
  • fore-time,
  • foretimes,
  • the other days,
  • yester-day,
  • yester days,
  • yester day,
  • other days,
  • yester-days,
  • not long agos.
  •yesteryear (noun)
  • yester-years,
  • yester-year,
  • yester year,
  • yester years.

• prep.

  •by (preposition)
  • be side,
  • be-side.
  •since (preposition)
  • be-cause,
  • sub sequently,
  • be cause.
  •through (preposition)
  • for period,
  • in middle,
  • in to,
  • from beginning end,
  • in out.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • backward,
  • background,
  • opposite,
  • frontal,
  • face,
  • remote,
  • tardy,
  • get behind.
  •
  • behind,
  • Onto,
  • precedent,
  • already,
  • done,
  • untimely,
  • overdue.
  •
  • complete,
  • Into.
  •
  • front.
  •
  • Against.
  •
  • down,
  • get on.
  •
  • out.

Paraphrases for Past:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    elapsed, bygone, former.
  • Proper noun, singular
    former.
  • Noun, plural
    bygones.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    former.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    last, last-mentioned, hitherto, latest, remaining.
  • Proper noun, singular
    accomplishments, tops, Alumni, defeats, Programs, teams, Classes, last, roma, hits, NGOS, Torts, women, media, Children, latest.
  • Noun, plural
    decades, brothers, Backs, guys, Alumni.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, last, hitherto, latest.
  • Adverb
    last, latest, traditionally.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Placing, writing, crawling, Kidding, talking, hiding, calling, flowing, thinking, going, cutting.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    happening, moving.

Antonyms for Past:

• adj.

  • all
    future, present.
  • olden, former
    on time, modern, new.
  • preceding, done
    later, after, current.
  • Other antonyms:
    latter-day, hereafter, futurity, prox, early, approaching, immediate, contemporary, emerging, ongoing, future day, existing, present-day, prospective, instant, in store, incoming, rising, inst, extant, unborn, proximo, upcoming, forthcoming.

Past Sentence Examples:

• This was the past.

• This was the hour he might come, and by half past one he had to be gone.

Homophones for Past:

• Passed.

Holonyms for Past:

• n.

  • time
    life.

Hypernym for Past:

• n.

  • time
    langsyne, auld langsyne, time out of mind, time immemorial, bygone, history, old times, old, yore, yesterday, water under the bridge, good old days.

Hyponym for Past:

• n.

  • time
    period, time period, period of time, time.