All at one time synonyms
at one time
A a adv at one time
- earlier β in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- heretofore β before this time; until now.
- already β You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- earlier β in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- once β at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- formerly β in time past; in an earlier period or age; previously: a custom formerly observed.
- previously β coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- late β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- then β at that time: Prices were lower then.
- hitherto β up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- antecedently β in an antecedent manner
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- before β If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- lately β of late; recently; not long since: He has been very grouchy lately.
- radically β with regard to origin or root.
- anciently β in ancient times
- aforetime β formerly
- long ago β of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- of old β belonging to the ancient past
- once upon a time β at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- time was β there was a time
- bygone β Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
- old β far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- one β being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- sometime β at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
- quondam β former; onetime: his quondam partner.
- whilom β former; erstwhile: whilom friends.
- ahead β Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.
- ante β the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players
- beforehand β If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- fore β situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- forward β toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- in advance β to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- one-shot β a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.