Synonyms for previous
ˈpri vi əspre·vi·ous

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1. previousadjective

   Synonyms:
   former, late, old

   Antonyms:
   following, future, succeeding

2. previousadjective

   prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

   It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.

   Synonyms:
   old, former, late

   Antonyms:
   following, future, succeeding

3. previousadjective

   premature; occurring too soon.

   I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit previous.

   Synonyms:
   old, former, late

   Antonyms:
   future, succeeding, following

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. previous

   Antecedent may denote simple priority in time, implying no direct connection between that which goes before and that which follows; as, the striking of one clock may be always antecedent to the striking of another with no causal connection between them. Antecedent and previous may refer to that which goes or happens at any distance in advance, preceding is limited to that which is immediately or next before; an antecedent event may have happened at any time before; the preceding transaction is the one completed just before the one with which it is compared; a previous statement or chapter may be in any part of the book that has gone before; the preceding statement or chapter comes next before without an interval. Previous often signifies first by right; as, a previous engagement. Foregoing is used only of that which is spoken or written; as, the foregoing statements. Anterior, while it can be used of time, is coming to be employed chiefly with reference to place; as the anterior lobes of the brain. Prior bears exclusive reference to time, and commonly where that which is first in time is first also in right; as, a prior demand. Former is used of time, or of position in written or printed matter, not of space in general. We can say former times, a former chapter, etc., but not the former part of a garden; we should say the front part of the garden, the forward car of a train. Former has a close relation, or sharp contrast, with something following; the former always implies the latter, even when not fully expressed, as in Acts i, 1, and Eccles. vii, 10.

   Synonyms:
   antecedent, anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, forward, front, introductory, precedent, preceding, preliminary, prior

   Antonyms:
   after, concluding, consequent, following, hind, hinder, hindmost, later, latter, posterior, subsequent, succeeding

   Preposition:
   Such was the state of things previous to the revolution. [Previous to is often used adverbially, in constructions where previously to would be more strictly correct; as, these arrangements were made previous to my departure.]

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1. previous

   Synonyms:
   antecedent, prior, preceding, anterior, foregoing, former, earlier

   Antonyms:
   subsequent, posterior, succeeding, following, later

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. previous(a), oldadjective

   just preceding something else in time or order

   "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

   Antonyms:
   middle, late, present(a), succeeding(a), future

2. former(a), late(a), previous(a)adjective

   (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

   "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

   Antonyms:
   late, present(a), succeeding(a), future, middle

3. previous(p), prematureadjective

   too soon or too hasty

   "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"

   Antonyms:
   present(a), late, future, middle, succeeding(a)

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1. previousadjective

   Synonyms:
   antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior, foregoing

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1. previousadjective

   Synonyms:
   former, foregoing, antecedent, prior, anterior

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1. List of paraphrases for "previous":

   preceding, earlier, former, precedent, prior, past, last, precedents, above, anterior, foregoing, prev, old, back, cã, older, pre-existing

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1. David Pilgrim:

   There are many stories told in the Jim Crow Museum, but none are as horrible as these tales. The idea of using the skins of black people to make purses, shoes, belts, and other products is, of course, disgusting to contemporary Americans; however, there was a time—not so long ago—when the debasement of black Americans was so nearly complete that one could read about the skin of a black person being tanned in the same newspaper that reported the previous day’s baseball box scores.

2. Hiroyasu Nishikawa:

   This announcement was well timed, and it shows it's watching the market very well, in the past few years Sony gradually started recovering what it'd lost in the previous 20, 25 years. This latest move is one that's attuned to the stock market.

3. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:

   There is no (change) in my thinking, my thinking has always been we need to get our resources to market but we need to do that in responsible, sustainable, thoughtful ways, the previous government refused to understand you cannot separate what's good for the environment and what's good for the economy.

4. German Efromovich:

   I can't say that Brazil is better, it's worse, we were growing at 30 to 40 percent in previous years, and now we're going to grow capacity this year between 5 and 6 percent through plane renewal.

5. Susan Marie Smuzinsky of Newfield:

   I just hope that if the previous family ever drives by, they will see their home is being treated with care and respect and loved just as much as they loved it.