All beforetime synonyms
be·fore·time
B b adv beforetime
- already — 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.
- before — If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- formerly — in time past; in an earlier period or age; previously: a custom formerly observed.
- once — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- aforetime — formerly
- long ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- of old — belonging to the ancient past