Synonyms for once
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Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. once, one time, in one caseadverb

   on one occasion

   "once I ran into her"

   Synonyms:
   in one case, erstwhile, erst, at one time, formerly, one time

2. onceadverb

   as soon as

   "once we are home, we can rest"

   Synonyms:
   in one case, erstwhile, erst, at one time, formerly, one time

3. once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erstadverb

   at a previous time

   "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

   Synonyms:
   at once, erst, at one time, formerly, erstwhile, at a time, one time, in one case

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. onceadjective

   Synonyms:
   for one time

2. onceadjective

   Synonyms:
   formerly, in former times

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "once":

   after, again, when, upon, formerly, if, ever, where, someday

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1. Johnny Joey Jones:

   He did n’t say, ‘ You ca n’t ride this ride, go talk to so-and-so. ’ It was, ‘ You ca n’t ride this ride, ’ I said ‘ Why ? ’ and he said, ‘ Because you do n’t have real legs. ’ and then once I left the ride, I researched the policy for every single ride in the park, and literally, I ca n’t get on a tilt-a-whirl. I ’m restricted to pretty much things that do n’t move, because of my legs.

2. Tracey Lomax:

   I was not going to let him dictate how I was going to spend the rest of my life, once he left this earth, that was it. Everything that he did, hey – you take that with you. Because I’m not going to keep going back and forth with it. I’m gonna stay right here, and I’m gonna always celebrate my sister.

3. Jeff Levine:

   Once you factor in state tax, you're losing 40-50% of it. It's a disaster.

4. Tyler TerMeer:

   This is unacceptable and completely preventible, our community of resilient people have had to once again rise up in support of one another, to educate each other and to fight for access to the resources that they need and deserve.

5. Brenda Young:

   He went over and above for them. He once bought a pair of shoes for boy who didn't have any, there was no bullying when he was around. He made such an impact on their lives, I can't believe he's gone.