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former

• (a) referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
  • the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one
• (s) belonging to some prior time
  • erstwhile friend
  • our former glory
  • the once capital of the state
  • her quondam lover
  erstwhile, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime, old,
• (s) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
  • the former president
  • our late President is still very active
  • the previous occupant of the White House
  previous, late,
• (s) belonging to the distant past
  • the early inhabitants of Europe
  • former generations
  • in other times
  early, other,

Nouns

• (n) the first of two or the first mentioned of two
  • Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today

Synonyms

erstwhile onetime one-time quondam sometime old previous late early other

Antonyms

latter

Words of close approximity