Synonyms for before
bɪˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊrbe·fore

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1. beforepreposition

   Synonyms:
   ahead, previously

   Antonyms:
   after

2. beforeadverb

   in advance of the time when

   I've never done this before.

   Synonyms:
   by, ahead, previously

   Antonyms:
   later, after

3. beforepreposition

   in advance

   He stood before me.

   Synonyms:
   ahead, in front of, previously

   Antonyms:
   after, behind

4. beforeconjunction

   In alphabetical order, cat comes before dog, canine before feline.

   Antonyms:
   after

5. beforeconjunction

   Synonyms:
   lest

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1. before

   Synonyms:
   precedently, anteriorly, antecedently

   Antonyms:
   after, afterwards, subsequently, posteriorly, later, behind

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1. earlier, beforeadverb

   earlier in time; previously

   "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"

   Synonyms:
   in the beginning, originally, ahead, to begin with, sooner, in front, earlier, in the first place

2. ahead, in front, beforeadverb

   at or in the front

   "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before"

   Synonyms:
   forwards, in front, ahead, in advance, earlier, forrader, beforehand, onwards, onward, in the lead, forward, out front

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1. precedently

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   before synonymous precedently

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1. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   preceding

2. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   prior to, previous to

3. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   in the presence of, face to face with

4. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   near the front of, in front of

5. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   toward the front

6. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   in advance, farther onward

7. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   formerly, in time past, of old

8. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   hitherto, up to that time

9. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   above, in a former part

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1. beforeprep

   Synonyms:
   preceding, ahead of, anterior to, previously to, prior

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1. List of paraphrases for "before":

   prior, ago, ahead, earlier, previously, soon, front, former, advance, first, above, pre-, sooner, till, formerly, ante, avant, forward, beforehand, pre, prima, imam, przed, against

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1. Leif Johannsen:

   It was a nightmare scenario that I have seen others experience before, a scenario in which there is no rulebook on how the problem should be solved. It only went well because we worked together. People on the ground and me in the air with a calm skydiver waiting for us to help him.

2. Comptroller Thomas Curry:

   That was meant to flag the issue for the banks so they can take corrective action now on their own before going through any type of examination cycle.

3. Rob Carr/Getty Images:

   The truth of the matter is, it gets darkest before it gets brightest, we are going to have to go through this. It takes three to five years to completely change a culture. Futility doesn’t just disappear overnight, and to create a positive environment, it takes time. It’s not going to happen overnight.

4. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu:

   If that was done before, [the] Assad regime wouldn't be killing so many people, or pushing them to Turkey, Jordan, or Iraq or Lebanon. There wouldn't be any place or power vacuum for Daesh, for ISIS, to be active.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   This is very prayerful because impeaching is a divisive thing in our country. It's hard, and the place that our country is now, it's not a time where Nancy Pelosi go to 70 % when people, when President Nixon walked out of the White House. It wasn't there before President Nixon left. Even two weeks before President Nixon left.