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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | said earlier |
| Synonyms: | mentioned earlier, preceding, previous, spoken of earlier |
| Main Entry: | former |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | previous in time or order |
| Synonyms: | above, aforementioned, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, anterior, bygone, departed, earlier, erstwhile, ex-, first, foregoing, late, long ago, long gone, of yore, old, once, one-time, past, preceding, prior, quondam, sometime, whilom |
| Notes: | latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned; former means referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned |
| Antonyms: | after, current, ensuing, following, future, present, prospective, subsequent, succeeding |
| 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: | 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: | such |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, pronoun |
| Definition: | aforementioned, specific |
| Synonyms: | aforesaid, akin, alike, analogous, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, like, parallel, said, similar, such a one, such a person, such a thing, suchlike, that, the like, this |
| Main Entry: | said |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pronounced |
| Synonyms: | aforementioned, aforesaid, forenamed, spoken |
| 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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