yestertide
yestertime
foretime
prehodiernal
old time
earlier
before
prehesternal
at the time
old days
since
one-time
earlier on
just then
yesterday
ante-
recently
back in
foretide
lately
latterly
priority
of late
retro-
precedence
late
precedency
antecedence
whilom
antecedency
good old days
anteriority
already
langsyne
lower boundary
latter
historical
nonrecently
one day
to date
up to now
middle
yesteryear
long ago
gone
last time
olden
formerly
antecedently
previously
quondamly
by now
recent
modern era
time before time
erst
anterior
once
ago
yestercentury
erstwhile
at one time
yoretime
prior
latter-day
precontemporary
bygones
past
times
slow
retromarginal
retrospect
days of yore
chronological
antecedent
Circassian
ahead
back
syne
upwards
yester-minute
old
preterlapsed
bypast
down
anteriorly
yester-
yore
proleptical

English words for 'A time period previous to the present; the past.'

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