Ago and Ongoing

Ago

Ago adjective - Gone by; or in the past.
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Synonyms for Ago

Ongoing is an antonym for ago.

Ongoing

Ongoing adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: the ongoing presidential campaign

Ago is an antonym for ongoing.

Both words in one sentence

  • Now Sinfest has an absurd amount of ongoing plots, some of which just pop in and get dropped, some new ones joining into the mix, and many of which started years ago and seem to have no end in sight.
  • Web Video / Midnight Screenings Finally played straight when Brad and Dave walked out halfway into Hillary's America, due to its attempts to paint the modern Democratic party as racist based on events that happened 150 years ago, while ignoring the Republicans' ongoing problems with diversity.
  • The later Missing Adventure Cold Fusion by Lance Parkin is a Fifth Doctor novel that also features the Seventh Doctor, and fit into an ongoing New Adventures Story Arc which had, in real world terms, actually concluded some time ago.
    Source: Cross Through
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Ongoing and Ago. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ago/ongoing
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