past

The word “past” has 1 syllable: past

It's pronounced as /pæst/


What is synonym and antonym for past?

In the thesaurus, “past” has 41 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for past along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for past

Antonyms for past

  • afore
  • ahead of
  • before
  • by-and-by
  • coming
  • contemporary
  • current
  • ere
  • extant
  • future
  • futurity
  • hereafter
  • inside
  • moment
  • now
  • of
  • offing
  • ongoing
  • present
  • present-day
  • previous to
  • prior to
  • prospective
  • to
  • today
  • tomorrow
  • toward
  • towards
  • unborn

Meanings of past

  • verb
    1. To change place.
    2. To change in state or status.
    3. To move through time.
    4. To be accepted.
    5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
    6. To do or be better.
    7. To take heed.
  • noun
    1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
    2. (grammar) The past tense.
  • adjective
    1. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
    2. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
    3. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
    4. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
  • adverb
    1. In a direction that passes.
    2. Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
  • preposition
    1. Beyond in place, quantity or time.
    2. No longer capable of.
    3. Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).

Example Sentences

  • We can learn a lot from the past.
  • She walked past the old bookstore without stopping.
  • His mistakes belong to the past, not the present.
  • For the past few days, it has been raining nonstop.
  • He glanced past the gate to see who was coming.

On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to past, such as: afore, after, ahead of, annals, antiquity, auld lang syne, before.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

back

earlier

  • a priori
  • afore
  • ahead
  • already
  • antecedently
  • anteriorly
  • before
  • before long
  • before now
  • beforehand
  • early
  • erelong
  • first
  • first off
  • former
  • formerly
  • in advance
  • now
  • past
  • preceding
  • preliminarily
  • prematurely
  • presently
  • previous
  • previously
  • prior
  • shortly
  • soon

hagiography

  • autobiography
  • bio
  • biography
  • character sketch
  • chronicle
  • history
  • life
  • memoir
  • obituary
  • past
  • pathography
  • profile
  • psychobiography
  • story
  • tell-all

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