Already
Already adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Usage example: when we got back to the house, the movers had already left
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Synonyms for Already
Previously
Previously adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
Usage example: he had prepared the meat stocks previously so as to make things easier on the day of the big dinner
Already is a synonym for previously in earlier topic. You can use "Already" instead the word "Previously" as an adverb or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as precede, before, formerly, in advance. popular alternative
Nearby Word: previous
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ahead and already
- ahead and previously
- before and already
- before and previously
- earlier and already
- earlier and previously
- formerly and already
- formerly and previously
- once and already
- once and previously
- erstwhile and already
- erstwhile and previously
- heretofore and already
- heretofore and previously
Both words in one sentence
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They all forget that Pablo recorded the roll call earlier, and Ángela had already consulted the video previously.
Source: Film / [REC] -
They already had a close relationship, previously sorta dated, and Peter had proposed to her once before, and it wasn't Peter who revealed himself to her, she revealed she knew who he was and that she loved him, resulting in him proposing to her.
Source: Franchise / Spider-Man - Though Mokuren died about 9 years before that occured and how can she be reincarnated as Alice, if Alice is already 16 at the time and would be alive when Mokuren dies.... How this would have occured previously is anyone's guess.
Source: Futureshadowing
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Previously and Already. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/already/previously
Already & Previously. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/already/previously>.
Previously or Already. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/already/previously.
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