Before this
This time and before this are semantically related. In some cases you can use "This time" instead an adverb phrase "Before this".
This time
Before this and this time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Before this" instead an adverb phrase "This time".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- before and before this
- before and this time
- earlier and before this
- earlier and this time
- previously and before this
- previously and this time
- formerly and before this
- formerly and this time
- already and before this
- already and this time
- today and before this
- today and this time
- now and before this
- now and this time
Both terms in one sentence
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The anime was aired before this development came to light in the manga, so it's not known at this time if they were aware of this or if they just came up with it by coincidence.
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The Mole: The audience is led to believe this is someone who was apparently working with Mosaic all this time but was never given so much as a name before this. Subverted.
Source: Series / FlashForward (2009) -
Then, a few years later, Geoff Johns introduced a second daughter, Lightning, and this time there wasn't much effort put into reconciling the fact that she'd never been seen or mentioned before this.
Source: Remember the New Guy
Cite this Source
This time and Before this. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this/this_time
Before this & This time. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this/this_time>.
This time or Before this. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this/this_time.
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