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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the past |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, archaic, belated, dated, dead, defunct, departed, down memory lane, erstwhile, extinct, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, in oblivion, late, lost, of old, of yore, old-fashioned, old-time, olden, oldfangled, one-time, out-of-date, previous, quondam, sometime, vanished, water over the dam, water under the bridge |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, recent |
| Main Entry: | nostalgic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | longingly remembering |
| Synonyms: | cornball, down memory lane, drippy, homesick, like yesterday, lonesome, longing, mushy, regretful, sappy*, sentimental, sloppy, syrupy, wistful, yearning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | olden, former |
| Synonyms: | ages ago, ancient, ancient history, back when, behind one, bygone, bypast, down memory lane, earlier, early, erstwhile, ex-, foregoing, gone-by, good old days, late, latter, latter-day, long-ago, old, olden days, once, one-time, over, preceding, previous, prior, quondam, recent, retired, sometime, time was, way back, way back when |
| Antonyms: | current, future, present |
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| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
ancestral, archaeological, blown over, bygone, cidevant, elapsed, expired, exploded, extinct, foregoing, foregone, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, hesternal, irrecoverable, lapsed, last, late, latter, looking back, never to return, no more, nudiustertian, obsolete, over, overnight, passed away, past, preterite, preteritial, preterlapsed, preterperfect, preterpluperfect, pridian, pristine, quondam, recent, retroactive, retrospective, run out, sometime, that has been, thenadays, whilom, yestern
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