former, adj.
freq. cnt. 45
freq. cnt. 45
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 21
former
sample sentences
"the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967I prefer the former version to the latter one"
lexical pointers
antonym
belonging to some prior time
<adj.all> (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 2
erstwhile former old one-time onetime quondam sometime
sample sentences
"erstwhile friend""our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"
semantic pointers
similar to
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
<adj.all> (a) (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 4
former late previous
sample sentences
"the former president""our late President is still very active"
"the previous occupant of the White House"
semantic pointers
similar to
belonging to the distant past
<adj.all> (a) (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
early former other
sample sentences
"the early inhabitants of Europe""former generations"
"in other times"
semantic pointers
similar to