| first(adverb, rather) |
| fore(adverb, advanced, forward, early, front) |
| until(preposition, time) |
| above(preposition, superior, remote, past, previous) |
| in the past(verb, expression, idiom, adverb, phrasal verb) |
| previous(adjective, adverb, basic, advanced, forward) |
| previous to(verb, expression, adverb, phrasal verb, preposition) |
| since(adverb, preposition, back, opposite, earlier) |
| sooner(adverb, rather, earlier) |
| aforetime(adverb, earlier, then, precede, proximately) |
| ago(adverb, past, elsewhere, precendently) |
| antecedently(adjective, adverb, advanced, forward, early) |
| begin with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, firstly) |
| erstwhile(adverb, head, late, past, previous) |
| past(adjective, adverb, earlier) |
| ante(adjective, adverb, preposition, advanced, forward) |
| beforetime(adverb, earlier, precede, archaism) |
| hitherto(adverb, earlier, then, yet, once) |
| in advance of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, preposition) |
| more willingly than(expression, idiom, adverb, conjunction, rather) |