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Synonyms for previous
ˈpri vi əspre·vi·ous

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  1. previousadjective

    Synonyms:
    former, late, old

    Antonyms:
    following, future, succeeding

  2. previousadjective

    prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

    It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.

    Synonyms:
    old, former, late

    Antonyms:
    following, future, succeeding

  3. previousadjective

    premature; occurring too soon.

    I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit previous.

    Synonyms:
    old, former, late

    Antonyms:
    future, succeeding, following

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 3 votes

  1. previous

    Antecedent may denote simple priority in time, implying no direct connection between that which goes before and that which follows; as, the striking of one clock may be always antecedent to the striking of another with no causal connection between them. Antecedent and previous may refer to that which goes or happens at any distance in advance, preceding is limited to that which is immediately or next before; an antecedent event may have happened at any time before; the preceding transaction is the one completed just before the one with which it is compared; a previous statement or chapter may be in any part of the book that has gone before; the preceding statement or chapter comes next before without an interval. Previous often signifies first by right; as, a previous engagement. Foregoing is used only of that which is spoken or written; as, the foregoing statements. Anterior, while it can be used of time, is coming to be employed chiefly with reference to place; as the anterior lobes of the brain. Prior bears exclusive reference to time, and commonly where that which is first in time is first also in right; as, a prior demand. Former is used of time, or of position in written or printed matter, not of space in general. We can say former times, a former chapter, etc., but not the former part of a garden; we should say the front part of the garden, the forward car of a train. Former has a close relation, or sharp contrast, with something following; the former always implies the latter, even when not fully expressed, as in Acts i, 1, and Eccles. vii, 10.

    Synonyms:
    antecedent, anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, forward, front, introductory, precedent, preceding, preliminary, prior

    Antonyms:
    after, concluding, consequent, following, hind, hinder, hindmost, later, latter, posterior, subsequent, succeeding

    Preposition:
    Such was the state of things previous to the revolution. [Previous to is often used adverbially, in constructions where previously to would be more strictly correct; as, these arrangements were made previous to my departure.]

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. previous

    Synonyms:
    antecedent, prior, preceding, anterior, foregoing, former, earlier

    Antonyms:
    subsequent, posterior, succeeding, following, later

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. previous(a), oldadjective

    just preceding something else in time or order

    "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

    Antonyms:
    middle, late, present(a), succeeding(a), future

  2. former(a), late(a), previous(a)adjective

    (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

    "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

    Antonyms:
    late, present(a), succeeding(a), future, middle

  3. previous(p), prematureadjective

    too soon or too hasty

    "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"

    Antonyms:
    present(a), late, future, middle, succeeding(a)

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. previousadjective

    Synonyms:
    antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior, foregoing

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. previousadjective

    Synonyms:
    former, foregoing, antecedent, prior, anterior

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How to use previous in a sentence?

  1. Erin Fox:

    If we continued to purchase the same amount of each drug, it would cost our organization just over $1.6 million more for isoproterenol and approximately $290,000 more for nitroprusside compared to what we paid the previous year.

  2. Gu Yongtao:

    Today's correction, following previous days' strong rebound, is natural, it's different from the panic selling we saw previously, when liquidity dried up and investors couldn't sell their shares.

  3. Jay Lund:

    In the previous drought, it took (the reservoirs) three years to get this low as they are in the second year of this drought.

  4. Ethan Blair Miller:

    We have no evidence of previous threats or prior knowledge of the shooter, we received information about the shooter's writings after the incident had taken place and the shooter has no criminal history in the area.

  5. James Gelvin:

    First of all, Iran is involved. The United States had tried to keep Iran out of the previous talks, but since the nuclear talks, the United States is acquiescing to the fact that Iran is a player, the second one is the fact that now you have a stalemate on the ground ... neither side is going to be able to win it on the battlefield.


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