past

adj

1. gone, gone by, bygone, by, ago, long-ago, long gone; over, over and done with, forgotten, long forgotten, dead and buried, blown over; elapsed, lapsed, expired, run out, gone by; finished, finished up, defunct, no more, wound up, ended, deceased, departed, passed, passed away, dead and gone, late lamented; vanished, extinct, never to return; gone to seed, past its prime; passe", obsolete, dated, antique, antiquated, archaic, over the hill, has-been, dated, gone out, out, out of style or use, out of fashion, unfashionable, out-of-date; outworn, old, olden, early, ancient, immemorial; primeval, prehistoric, precul-tural, premundane, antediluvian, primitive, pristine.

2. recent, late, former, previous, prior, just gone by, preceding, antecedent, anterior, precedent, precurrent; ex-, onetime, sometime, erstwhile, whilom, quondam, foregoing, aforegoing, pre-existent, preliminary, fore, last, once, then, latter, earlier, foregone; older, elder, senior, retired.

n

3. recent past, yesterday, yesteryear, foretime; the past, former times, times past, old or olden days, bygone days; horse and buggy days, the good old days, way back when, Scot, and North Eng. auld lang syne, long-ago days, days long gone, nostalgic memories; the dim or faded past, time immemorial, the dead past, days of old, days or times of yore, early times or days, once upon a time,, days beyond recall, when Hector was a pup, ancient times, antiquity, ancient history, long ago.

4. previous life, youth, childhood, one's early or formative years, one's school or salad days, the springtime of one's life, memories, fond memories, recollection, reminiscence, remembrance, retrospection; experience, one's life story, memoir, biography, life, life history, review; shady past, purple past, misspent youth.

adv

5. by, beyond, over, across, the other or far side of; near, close, hard by, nigh; nearby, close by, not far beyond, near or close at hand, at no great distance, only a step away, within reach or range, within earshot or call, within a stone's throw, Inf. in spitting distance or range, at one's side, within one's reach or grasp; farther, further.

prep

6. after, later than, subsequent to, beyond, over; in excess of, over and beyond, above and beyond.