Synonyms for past
pæst, pɑstpast

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. past

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

   Antonyms:
   present, unspent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. past, past times, yesteryearnoun

   the time that has elapsed

   "forget the past"

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense

   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

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"

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense

   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

3. past, past tenseadjective

   a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

   Synonyms:
   past times, yesteryear, past tense

   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

4. pastadjective

   earlier than the present time; no longer current

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

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

   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

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"

   Synonyms:
   by, aside, away

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Time Period

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   spent, gone, ended, elapsed, gone by

2. pastnoun

   Synonyms:
   past time, time gone by

3. pastprep.

   Synonyms:
   beyond, out of the reach of

4. pastprep.

   Synonyms:
   after (in time)

5. pastadjective

   Synonyms:
   by

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "past":

   last, previous, recent, latest, spent, latter, former, earlier, elapsed, history, final, prior, preceding, passé, passed, old, historical

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1. H.W. Mann:

   Seek happiness and you will find unhappiness. There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path. Happiness is a state of mind. A state of surrender to and acceptance of what is. Reality experienced through presence. We cannot live in the future nor the past, but we can choose to be held prisoner. To be set free we must move into this moment. This moment is all that exists and all that will ever exist. If we choose not to be happy now, Then When?

2. Benjamin Pohl:

   It's like a portal, a window into the past that you can touch, medieval charters are important not just because of the legal acts they contain, but also for what they can tell us about the society and political culture at the time.

3. Max Gallien:

   If border economies further deteriorate without the creation of alternative livelihoods, further protests in border regions are certain, as we have seen repeatedly in the past few years, they are drawing on a rich and serious legacy of local grievances. It's important to take them seriously.

4. Julia Bryan:

   In the past, I would say, our number one thing was to help people request their ballot. And then we would, we would start following up and saying,' Hey, Julia Bryan need to send Julia Bryan ballot back.' But now we're really having to take it all the way not only to requesting and sending ballots back, but also making sure those ballots are counted.

5. Heather Abbott:

   I don't see it as something that will get me past the horror of that day, it's something that I will always live with.