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The Meaning of past

  • (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
  • (n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
  • (prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
  • (prep.) Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
  • (prep.) Above; exceeding; more than.
  • (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