What are some opposite words for past?
Antonyms for past
pæst, pɑstpast
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past, past times, yesteryearnoun
the time that has elapsed
"forget the 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, approachingSynonyms:
past times, yesteryear, past tensepastnoun
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
"reporters dug into the candidate's past"
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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, immediateSynonyms:
past times, yesteryear, past tensepast, past tenseadjective
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the 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, emergingSynonyms:
past times, yesteryear, past tensepastadjective
earlier than the present time; no longer current
"time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
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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, upcomingSynonyms:
past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)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"
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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 dayby, pastadverb
so as to pass a given point
"every hour a train goes 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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pastadjective
pastnoun
Associated words:
preterist, preterition, pretermission, preteritive, preterit, aorist, aoristic, retrospect, retrospective, retrospection, antiquary, antiquity, antiquarian, quondam, antecedent, antecedence, antecedents
Editors Contribution
retroactive
i don't knlw but it shjure has a long half life.
Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019
How to use past in a sentence?
The first night was complete chaos, people walking past us with laundry bags full of things, four or five sneaker boxes. There was definitely organization, lots of cars here. A lot of people with a lot of bags.
If the Past was what we were meant to see, then Behind, not in Front, our Eyes would be.
Over the past four days, we've been able to do a great deal in terms of amending the soil and inspecting it.
Remember we have gone through hell and back over the past 60 or so days, what New Yorkers have done has been to save lives. But we have to stay vigilant. This is not over.
Let’s be clear. An adult put a gun in a child’s hand. A young and impressionable child. And one who should not have been provided with lethal force. A weapon that could and did irreparably change the course of his life, this happens way too often in our city. And it’s way past time for us to say, ‘no more.’.
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