Synonyms for past
pæst, pɑstpast

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. past

   Synonyms:
   spent, gone by, elapsed, departed, late

   Antonyms:
   present, unspent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. past, past times, yesteryearnoun

   the time that has elapsed

   "forget the past"

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense

   Antonyms:
   hereafter, futurity, time to come, future, instant, prox, rising, inst, immediate, early, in store(p), existing, incoming, coming(a), emerging, present(a), future day, proximo, forthcoming, latter-day, upcoming, approaching

2. pastnoun

   a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

   "reporters dug into the candidate's past"

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense

   Antonyms:
   time to come, futurity, hereafter, future, existing, early, prox, present(a), future day, proximo, approaching, coming(a), emerging, latter-day, inst, in store(p), upcoming, rising, incoming, instant, forthcoming, immediate

3. past, past tenseadjective

   a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense

   Antonyms:
   futurity, hereafter, future, time to come, present(a), incoming, future day, existing, forthcoming, inst, rising, approaching, early, prox, coming(a), latter-day, in store(p), instant, proximo, upcoming, immediate, emerging

4. pastadjective

   earlier than the present time; no longer current

   "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

   Synonyms:
   past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)

   Antonyms:
   hereafter, futurity, future, time to come, forthcoming, emerging, early, prox, coming(a), latter-day, immediate, existing, inst, proximo, rising, approaching, in store(p), incoming, future day, present(a), instant, upcoming

5. past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)adverb

   of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

   "a retiring member of the board"

   Antonyms:
   futurity, hereafter, future, time to come, instant, emerging, incoming, upcoming, in store(p), early, inst, latter-day, immediate, rising, present(a), approaching, coming(a), existing, prox, forthcoming, proximo, future day

6. by, pastadverb

   so as to pass a given point

   "every hour a train goes past"

   Synonyms:
   by, aside, away

   Antonyms:
   futurity, time to come, hereafter, future, early, upcoming, approaching, existing, forthcoming, proximo, future day, latter-day, incoming, prox, in store(p), inst, present(a), immediate, coming(a), emerging, rising, instant

Matched Categories

1. • Time Period

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   spent, gone, ended, elapsed, gone by

2. pastnoun

   Synonyms:
   past time, time gone by

3. pastprep.

   Synonyms:
   beyond, out of the reach of

4. pastprep.

   Synonyms:
   after (in time)

5. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   by

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   bygone, elapsed, preterite, preterit

2. pastnoun

   Associated words:
   preterist, preterition, pretermission, preteritive, preterit, aorist, aoristic, retrospect, retrospective, retrospection, antiquary, antiquity, antiquarian, quondam, antecedent, antecedence, antecedents

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "past":

   last, previous, recent, latest, spent, latter, former, earlier, elapsed, history, final, prior, preceding, passé, passed, old, historical

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1. Margit Muller:

   Nowadays falconry is one of the very few opportunities for the former Bedouin to reconnect to their past.

2. Sipho P Nkosi:

   When we live to please others, we become the past.

3. Dirk Nowitzki:

   In the past week I had some cake and I also had my first glass of wine after 10 years of abstinence, i was really warm inside after only a few sips. That felt good.

4. De Bolle:

   It is the first ever championship organized by 10 different countries instead of only one or two, as we had seen in past editions, it is also the first large-scale event organized during the COVID-19 pandemic related to sports. And all this, of course, presents important security challenges.

5. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   The way this agreement is applied can have an impact on the future, if it is well applied it can lay the foundation for fewer tensions with the United States, creating the conditions to open a new era. But if the Americans don't respect their part of the nuclear accord, then surely our relationship will remain as it has been in the past.