former

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of FORMER

having been such at some previous time <the coach is a former professional baseball player>

Synonyms erstwhile, late, old, once, onetime, other, past, quondam, sometime, whilom

Related Words bygone, dead, defunct, departed, expired, extinct, gone, long-ago, vanished

Near Antonyms contemporary, current, extant, ongoing, present, present-day; coming, future, prospective, unborn

going before another in time or order <the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems>

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

Near Antonyms advanced, late; closing, concluding, final, last, latest, latter, terminal, ultimate

Antonyms after, ensuing, following, later, posterior, subsequent, succeeding

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