All by and by antonyms
by and by
B b adv by and by
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- before — If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- distant — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- former — preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
- prior — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
adj by and by
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
noun by and by
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.