past
English Thesaurus
1. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | tense, |
| definition | : | a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | preterit, preterite, |
| definition | : | a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense (noun.linkdef) |
2. the time that has elapsed (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | time, |
| definition | : | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | yore, |
| definition | : | time long past (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | old, |
| definition | : | past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | history, |
| definition | : | the aggregate of past events (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | yesterday, |
| definition | : | the recent past (noun.time) |
3. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) (noun.time)
| part meronym | : | life, |
| definition | : | the period between birth and the present time (noun.time) |
4. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office (adj.all)
| similar | : | outgoing, |
| definition | : | leaving a place or a position (adj.all) |
5. earlier than the present time; no longer current (adj.all)
| similar | : | ago, agone, |
| definition | : | gone by; or in the past (adj.all) |
| similar | : | ancient, |
| definition | : | belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire (adj.all) |
| similar | : | chivalric, knightly, medieval, |
| definition | : | characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages (adj.all) |
| similar | : | early, former, other, |
| definition | : | belonging to the distant past (adj.all) |
| similar | : | former, late, previous, |
| definition | : | (used especially of persons) of the immediate past (adj.all) |
| similar | : | historic, historical, |
| definition | : | belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past (adj.all) |
| similar | : | last, |
| definition | : | immediately past (adj.all) |
| similar | : | late, recent, |
| definition | : | of the immediate past or just previous to the present time (adj.all) |
| similar | : | olden, |
| definition | : | long past (adj.all) |
| similar | : | other, |
| definition | : | recently past (adj.all) |
| similar | : | then, |
| definition | : | at a specific prior time (adj.all) |
| similar | : | ult, ultimo, |
| definition | : | in or of the month preceding the present one (adj.all) |
| also | : | noncurrent, |
| definition | : | not current or belonging to the present time (adj.all) |
| also | : | outgoing, |
| definition | : | leaving a place or a position (adj.all) |
| also | : | old, |
| definition | : | of long duration; not new (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | timing, |
| definition | : | the time when something happens (noun.attribute) |
6. the time that has elapsed (noun.time)
7. earlier than the present time; no longer current (adj.all)
| antonym | : | present, |
| definition | : | temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | future, |
| definition | : | yet to be or coming (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | pastness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being past (noun.attribute) |
8. the time that has elapsed (noun.time)
9. earlier than the present time; no longer current (adj.all)
| antonym | : | present, |
| definition | : | temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | future, |
| definition | : | yet to be or coming (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | pastness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being past (noun.attribute) |
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