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, before

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, before, forward, out front

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1. 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. James Madison:

   The internal effects of a mutable policy are [...] calamitous. It poisons the blessings of liberty itself. It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow.

2. Jimmy Carter:

   I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die, i’d like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do.

3. Joe Manchin:

   My filing date is January 15 in 2024, and I will make my decision maybe a little bit before that, but not until the end of the year, I can assure you.

4. Lutfi Shatara:

   The decision of the government to return to Aden has to be taken immediately before the collapse of the security situation and services.

5. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

   If you are a terrorist with an Internet connection, like the one on your ever-present cellphone, you can recruit new soldiers, plan attacks and upload a video calling for jihad with just a few clicks, and thanks to new and ever improving and proliferating encryption and secure communication techniques, it'll be a lot harder to find you and stop you before you take innocent lives.