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Antonyms for past
pæst, pɑstpast

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. past

    Antonyms:
    present, unspent

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

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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, approaching

    Synonyms:
    past times, yesteryear, past tense

  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"

    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

    Synonyms:
    past times, yesteryear, past tense

  3. past, 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, emerging

    Synonyms:
    past times, yesteryear, past tense

  4. pastadjective

    earlier than the present time; no longer current

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

    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

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

  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"

    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:
    by, aside, away

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Editors Contribution1.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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?

  1. Patrol Fausto Pichardo:

    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.

  2. AiR Atman in Ravi:

    If the Past was what we were meant to see, then Behind, not in Front, our Eyes would be.

  3. Dennis Moore:

    Over the past four days, we've been able to do a great deal in terms of amending the soil and inspecting it.

  4. Andrew Cuomo:

    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.

  5. Lori Lightfoot:

    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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#758past
#801early
#805present
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#2783instant
#3122immediate
#3305upcoming
#4786rising
#4939emerging
#7973incoming
#10062forthcoming
#10951approaching
#11479inst
#19225hereafter
#62313futurity
#82816unspent
#83733prox
#216972proximo

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