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The Meaning of past
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(v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
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(n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
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(prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
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(prep.) Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
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(prep.) Above; exceeding; more than.
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(adv.) By; beyond; as, he ran past.
Synonyms
past times
,
yesteryear
,
past tense
,
past(a)
,
preceding(a)
,
retiring(a)
,
by
,
aside
,
away
,
ago
,
agone
,
ancient
,
bygone
,
bypast
,
departed
,
foregone
,
gone
,
chivalric
,
knightly
,
medieval
,
early(prenominal)
,
former(prenominal)
,
other(prenominal)
,
erstwhile(prenominal)
,
old
,
onetime(prenominal)
,
one-time(prenominal)
,
quondam(prenominal)
,
sometime(prenominal)
,
late(prenominal)
,
previous(prenominal)
,
historic
,
historical
,
last(prenominal)
,
recent
,
olden
,
prehistoric
,
prehistorical
,
then(prenominal)
,
ultimo
,
ult
,
noncurrent
,
outgoing
Antonyms
hereafter
,
futurity
,
time to come
,
future
,
instant
,
proximo
,
forthcoming
,
latter-day
,
upcoming
,
approaching
,
existing
,
incoming
,
coming(a)
,
emerging
,
present(a)
,
future day
,
prox
,
rising
,
inst
,
immediate
,
early
,
in store(p)
Homophones
passed
Rhymes
aghast
,
amassed
,
asked
,
assed
,
ast
,
bast
,
belfast
,
blast
,
broadcast
,
cast
,
caste
,
chloroplast
,
classed
,
colorfast
,
contrast
,
downcast
,
enthusiast
,
fast
,
flabbergast
,
forecast
,
gassed
,
gast
,
ghast
,
harassed
,
hast
,
holdfast
,
iconoclast
,
kast
,
lambaste
,
last
,
lightfast
,
lymphoblast
,
massed
,
mast
,
miscast
,
nast
,
newscast
,
outcast
,
outlast
,
overcast
,
passed
,
precast
,
prendergast
,
rast
,
rebroadcast
,
recast
,
sandblast
,
simulcast
,
steadfast
,
surpassed
,
telecast
,
typecast
,
unsurpassed
,
vast