Synonyms & Antonyms : Former





Former



( Adjective )


She looks more like her former self.

Synonyms:

Antecedent

Anterior

Earlier

Erstwhile

Prior

Quondam

Ancient

Departed

Old

Previous-part

Aforementioned

Aforesaid

Contextual Examples:

Please telephone at your earliest convenience.

His erstwhile friends turned against him.

The aforementioned person was acting suspiciously.

The incident happened before I was married and that’s all ancient history now.

Your dear departed brother was very intelligent.

It is the matter of past when people thought that the Sun move around the earth.

Antonyms:

Coming

Current

Ensuring

Following

Future

Latter

Subsequent

Succeeding

Modern

Present

Present day

Contextual Examples:

To gain the status of permanent membership in UNO is the current issue of every Indians.

It rained on the day we arrived, but the following day was sunny.

Modern world stand at the edge of atomic war.

My present condition is better than that of past.




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