Aforementioned
Aforementioned adjective - Mentioned previously.
Usage example: with the aforementioned reservation, I would recommend the play for serious-minded theatergoers
Former is a synonym for aforementioned in earlier topic. In some cases you can use "Former" instead an adjective "Aforementioned", when it comes to topics like previous.
Former
Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Aforementioned is a synonym for former in previous in time or order topic. You can use "Aforementioned" instead an adjective "Former".
Nearby Word: formerly
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- The latter is the former's mother, talks about her past of having gentlemen callers constantly in front of her insecure daughter, and may have sent Tom into HIS aforementioned bouts of jerkassery.
Source: Jerkass / Other - The former, however, is Simon Keyes, who killed his former best friend and the aforementioned president for personal reasons and is the final boss of the game.
Source: Big Bad / Video Games -
A major plot-point of The Dragon Doctors, affecting the aforementioned doctors, every (former) male in the first town the Doctors visit, and several minor characters.
Source: Gender Bender
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Former and Aforementioned. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aforementioned/former
Aforementioned & Former. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aforementioned/former>.
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