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Antonyms for before
bɪˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊrbe·fore

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. beforepreposition

    Antonyms:
    after

    Synonyms:
    ahead, previously

  2. beforeadverb

    in advance of the time when

    I've never done this before.

    Antonyms:
    later, after

    Synonyms:
    by, ahead, previously

  3. beforepreposition

    in advance

    He stood before me.

    Antonyms:
    after, behind

    Synonyms:
    ahead, in front of, previously

  4. beforeconjunction

    In alphabetical order, cat comes before dog, canine before feline.

    Antonyms:
    after

  5. beforeconjunction

    Synonyms:
    lest

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 4 votes

  1. before

    Antonyms:
    after, afterwards, subsequently, posteriorly, later, behind

    Synonyms:
    precedently, anteriorly, antecedently

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. earlier, beforeadverb

    earlier in time; previously

    "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"

    Synonyms:
    in the beginning, originally, ahead, to begin with, sooner, in front, earlier, in the first place

  2. ahead, in front, beforeadverb

    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:
    forwards, in front, ahead, in advance, earlier, forrader, beforehand, onwards, onward, in the lead, forward, out front

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beforeprep

    Synonyms:
    preceding, ahead of, anterior to, previously to, prior

How to use before in a sentence?

  1. Sarah George:

    He could tell you if it’s something that has already been found before and how this is adding to our understanding of that animal or if it was new, and he would know that from looking at little bits and pieces.

  2. Claudia Paz y Paz:

    We also asked the government and judiciary to investigate the actions and conduct of the head of the criminal investigation unit, Tomas Zeron, because he was present at the crime scene a day before. It has been documented.

  3. Sofjan Djalil:

    We're going to have another policy on oil price introduced before the end of the year, we're going to introduce fixed subsidy (per litre).

  4. Michael Ruck:

    Whistleblowing can be an emotive issue but if firms have an appropriate regime in place it can enable the firm to identify issues and remedy them before they become a significant regulatory or legal failing.

  5. Gleisi Hoffmann:

    We consider this to be a political imprisonment, an imprisonment that will expose Brazil before the world, we will become a banana republic.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#150after
#230before
#944later
#1531behind
#7792subsequently
#9046afterwards
#114027posteriorly

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