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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | come before; previous |
| Synonyms: | above, aforementioned, aforesaid, aforestated, antecedent, anterior, former, past, precedent, preceding, prior |
| Antonyms: | after |
| Main Entry: | preceding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earlier, above |
| Synonyms: | above-mentioned, above-named, aforeknown, aforementioned, aforesaid, ahead of, antecedent, anterior, before, erstwhile, foregoing, forerunning, former, forward, front, head, heretofore, introductory, lead, leading, one time, other, past, pioneer, pioneering, precedent, precursive, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, preliminary, preparatory, prevenient, previous, prior, prodromal, supra |
| Notes: | preceding means 'occurring immediately before the time of the utterance,' while previous means 'occurring at some time before the utterance' |
| Antonyms: | after, below, following, later |
| Main Entry: | prior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earlier |
| Synonyms: | above-mentioned, aforementioned, ahead, antecedent, anterior, before, foregoing, former, forward, past, precedent, preceding, preexistent, preexisting, previous |
| Antonyms: | after, later |
| Main Entry: | same |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alike, identical |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, aforementioned, aforesaid, carbon, carbon-copy, clone, coequal, comparable, compatible, corresponding, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplicate, equal, equivalent, in the same manner, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, likewise, look-alike, related, same difference, selfsame, similar, similarly, synonymous, tantamount, twin, very |
| Antonyms: | different, inconsistent, polar, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | said |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pronounced |
| Synonyms: | aforementioned, aforesaid, forenamed, spoken |
| Main Entry: | this |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | the |
| Synonyms: | aforementioned, already stated, here, previously mentioned, that, the indicated, the present |
| Main Entry: | identic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | same |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, aforementioned, aforesaid, carbon, carbon-copy, clone, coequal, comparable, compatible, corresponding, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identical, in the same manner, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, likewise, look-alike, related, same difference, selfsame, similar, similarly, synonymous, tantamount, twin, very |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | selfsame |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | same |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, aforementioned, aforesaid, carbon, carbon-copy, clone, coequal, comparable, compatible, corresponding, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identic, identical, in the same manner, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, likewise, look-alike, related, same difference, similar, similarly, synonymous, tantamount, twin, very |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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