Reverse Dictionary: FORMER

ADJECTIVES
► AFORETIME former, past, earlier, previous → 1835
► PRETERITE occurring or existing previously; past, bygone, former → 1340 arch.
► PULLED UP former → 1972 US sl.
► QUONDAM that formerly was or existed → 1586
► RATHERMORE earlier, former → 1382 obs.
► UMQUHILE ► UMWHILE former, late; of persons: now deceased → 1431 obs.

ADVERBS
► ABEFOIR ► A-BEFORE of before, of former times → 1609 Sc.
► AFOREHAND formerly, in the past, previously → a1387 arch.
► AFORE-SYNE formerly, previously → 1897 Sc.
► AFORETIME in the past, formerly, previously → 1433
► AFORETIMES in the past, formerly, previously → 1429
► ALREADY YET formerly; before → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► AWAY-BACK formerly → 1994 (Bk.)
► BACK IN THE DAY ► BACK IN THE DAYS formerly; long ago → 1988 US sl.
► BACK-ALONG of time: back; formerly; in the past; recently; a little while ago → 1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BEFORETIMES formerly, previously → a1555 obs.
► BEFORMERLY formerly; before → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ONCE IN A DAY formerly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONE-WHILE once, formerly → 1906 Amer. dial.
► OR at a former time, on a former occasion; formerly, before → c1205 obs.
► OVERS-CADOVERS a long time ago → 1977
► QUONDAM at one time, formerly, heretofore → 1537
► QUONDAMLY formerly → 1814
► UMQUHILE ► UMWHILE at one time, at some previous time; formerly → c1375 arch.

PHRASES
► WHEN HECTOR WAS A PUP formerly; a long time ago → 1994 (Bk.)