All once upon a time synonyms
once up·on a time
O o adv once upon a time
- formerly — in time past; in an earlier period or age; previously: a custom formerly observed.
- at one time — If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.
- long ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- aforetime — formerly
adverb once upon a time
- whilom — former; erstwhile: whilom friends.
- quondam — former; onetime: his quondam partner.
- erstwhile — Former.
- once — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- one — 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.
- erewhile — A while before ; some time ago.