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

   plz help all languages most english language synonyms of precedently meaning is not work solve it.

   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. Jackson Browne:

   It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before.

2. Geraldine McQuillan:

   The next step is to increase awareness of the high prevalence of high-risk genital and oral HPV in our general US population so individuals will realize that this is a serious problem and they will get their children vaccinated in early adolescence before they become sexually active.

3. Jamie Lynn:

   I just want to take a second to address a few things, the only reason I hadn't before is because I felt like until my sister was able to speak for herself and say what she felt she needed to say publicly that it wasn't my place and it wasn't the right thing to do. But now that she's very clearly spoken and said what she needed to say, I feel like I can follow her lead and say what I feeI I need to say.

4. Terence:

   Nothing is said that has not been said before.

5. Cora Collette Breuner:

   For most younger children, moving their bedtime and wake time by about 10 to 15 minutes earlier starting three days before the time change can help them adjust to the social clock time change by Monday morning.