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before(adjective, adverb, late, early, earlier)
13
earlier(adjective, adverb, back, late, first)
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beforehand(adjective, adverb, first, forward, early)
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already(adverb, earlier, precede, before)
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yet(adverb, precede)
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afore
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Ere
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before now(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, early)
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theretofore
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erewhile
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ere then(expression, idiom)
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ere now(expression, idiom)
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prior to(verb, phrasal verb)
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aforehand
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before then(expression, idiom)
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APASmart Define. (2015). previously thesaurus. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/previously/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2015. "previously thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/previously/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 21, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2015, previously thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/previously/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "previously thesaurus" 14 April 2015. Web. 21 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/previously/thesaurus/synonyms>