Synonyms for PAST
pæst, pɑstpast

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. past

   Synonyms:
   spent, gone by, elapsed, departed, late

   Antonyms:
   present, unspent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. past, past times, yesteryearnoun

   the time that has elapsed

   "forget the past"

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense, past

   Antonyms:
   hereafter, futurity, time to come, future, instant, prox, rising, inst, immediate, early, in store(p), existing, incoming, coming(a), emerging, present(a), future day, proximo, forthcoming, latter-day, upcoming, approaching

2. pastnoun

   a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

   "reporters dug into the candidate's past"

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense

   Antonyms:
   time to come, futurity, hereafter, future, existing, early, prox, present(a), future day, proximo, approaching, coming(a), emerging, latter-day, inst, in store(p), upcoming, rising, incoming, instant, forthcoming, immediate

3. past, past tenseadjective

   a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense, past

   Antonyms:
   futurity, hereafter, future, time to come, present(a), incoming, future day, existing, forthcoming, inst, rising, approaching, early, prox, coming(a), latter-day, in store(p), instant, proximo, upcoming, immediate, emerging

4. pastadjective

   earlier than the present time; no longer current

   "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

   Synonyms:
   past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)

   Antonyms:
   hereafter, futurity, future, time to come, forthcoming, emerging, early, prox, coming(a), latter-day, immediate, existing, inst, proximo, rising, approaching, in store(p), incoming, future day, present(a), instant, upcoming

5. past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)adverb

   of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

   "a retiring member of the board"

   Antonyms:
   futurity, hereafter, future, time to come, instant, emerging, incoming, upcoming, in store(p), early, inst, latter-day, immediate, rising, present(a), approaching, coming(a), existing, prox, forthcoming, proximo, future day

6. by, pastadverb

   so as to pass a given point

   "every hour a train goes past"

   Synonyms:
   by, aside, away, past

   Antonyms:
   futurity, time to come, hereafter, future, early, upcoming, approaching, existing, forthcoming, proximo, future day, latter-day, incoming, prox, in store(p), inst, present(a), immediate, coming(a), emerging, rising, instant

Matched Categories

1. • Time Period

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   spent, gone, ended, elapsed, gone by

2. pastnoun

   Synonyms:
   past time, time gone by

3. pastprep.

   Synonyms:
   beyond, out of the reach of

4. pastprep.

   Synonyms:
   after (in time)

5. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   by

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1. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   bygone, elapsed, preterite, preterit

2. pastnoun

   Associated words:
   preterist, preterition, pretermission, preteritive, preterit, aorist, aoristic, retrospect, retrospective, retrospection, antiquary, antiquity, antiquarian, quondam, antecedent, antecedence, antecedents

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1. List of paraphrases for "past":

   last, previous, recent, latest, spent, latter, former, earlier, elapsed, history, final, prior, preceding, passé, passed, old, historical

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1. Parks Brown:

   In some ways, it was reassuring that the SUID rate didn’t increase, but it just further emphasizes what we’ve been seeing over the past couple of decades: We’re not successfully moving the needle on reducing these deaths.

2. Yun Sun:

   (The war) has been a nuisance for China this past year and has affected China’s interest in Europe, but the damage is not significant enough that China will abandon Russia.

3. Marcus Aurelius:

   Every day as it comes should be welcomed and reduced forthwith into our own possession as if it were the finest day imaginable. What flies past has to be seized at.

4. Ian Robertson:

   The dealership business model is changing. In the past it was driven by new cars. Three years ago it was all cash and no trade in.

5. Sabina Malgora:

   Studying ancient diseases and wounds is important for modern medical research ... we can study the cancer or the arteriosclerosis of the past and this can be useful for modern research.