Synonyms of past in English:

past

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adjective

1‘memories of times past’

SYNONYMS

gone by, over, over and done with, no more, gone, done, dead and buried, finished, ended, forgotten, bygone, former, old, of old, earlier, long-ago, ancient, defunct, extinct

literary of yore, olden, foregone

2‘the past few months’

SYNONYMS

last, recent, preceding, latter

3‘a past chairman of the society’

SYNONYMS

previous, former, prior, foregoing, late, erstwhile, as was, one-time, sometime, ex-

formal quondam

archaic whilom

ANTONYMS

present, future

noun

1‘she gave little away about her past’

SYNONYMS

history, background, life story, life, experience, career to date, biography

preposition

1‘she walked past the cafe’

SYNONYMS

in front of, by, beyond

2‘he's well past retirement age’

SYNONYMS

beyond, beyond the limits of, in excess of

adverb

1‘they averted their eyes and hurried past’

SYNONYMS

along, by, on

Phrases

in the past

‘some of the shelters may have been habitation sites in the past’

SYNONYMS

formerly, previously, in days gone by, in times gone by, in years gone by, in bygone days, back in the day, in former times, in the old days, in the good old days, at one time, in days of old, in the olden days, in olden times

before, hitherto, once, once upon a time, time was when, in auld lang syne, long ago, in antiquity

literary

in days of yore, of yore, in yesteryear

past it

‘I was told I was past it when I was 28’

SYNONYMS

past one's prime, not as young as one was, not as young as one used to be

in one's dotage, long in the tooth, as old as the hills

elderly, old, aged, senior, ancient, venerable

decrepit, doddering, doddery, not long for this world

over the hill, no spring chicken

formal