All former synonyms
for·mer
F f adj former
- old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
- ancient — Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.
- bygone — Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- prior — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- above — If one thing is above another one, it is directly over it or higher than it.
- 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.
- aforesaid — Aforesaid means the same as aforementioned.
- 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.
- foregoing — previously stated, written, or occurring; preceding: The foregoing paragraph presents the problem.
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- once — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- one-time — having been as specified at one time; former: my one-time partners.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- sometime — at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
- quondam — former; onetime: his quondam partner.
- aforementioned — If you refer to the aforementioned person or subject, you mean the person or subject that has already been mentioned.
- long ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- whilom — former; erstwhile: whilom friends.
adjective former
adverb former
- in front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- aforetime — formerly
- anteriorly — in an anterior position
- before — If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- in advance — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- antecedently — in an antecedent manner
- afore — before
noun former
- foregoer — Alternative form of forgoer.
- predecessor — parent
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before