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Before

🔄 Synonyms of "Before"

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WordDefinition
aheadAt or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
in frontat or in the front
earlierpreviously; before now; sooner

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WordDefinition
earlierpreviously; before now; sooner
aheadAt or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
in frontat or in the front
afore(archaic, dialect) Before, temporally.
beforehandnounAt an earlier or preceding time.
previously(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time; already.
formernounPrevious.
forenounForward; situated towards the front (of something).
erenoun(obsolete) At an earlier time.
formerlypreviously; once
alreadyPrior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
previousnoun(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
priornounComing before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
earlynounArriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
precedingverbOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
pastnounThe period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
precedeverb(transitive) To go before, go in front of.
agonoun(archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
heretoforenoun(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
anticipationnounThe eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

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