Before this time
Once and before this time are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Once" instead an adverb phrase "Before this time".
Once
Once adverb - At an earlier or previous time.
Before this time and once are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Before this time" instead an adverb "Once".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- then and before this time
- then and once
- before and before this time
- before and once
- earlier and before this time
- earlier and once
- previously and before this time
- previously and once
- long ago and before this time
- long ago and once
- formerly and before this time
- formerly and once
- already and before this time
- already and once
Both terms in one sentence
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Unlike before this time the Boy is in the very same room as himself held back by an invisible wall, once again screaming at himself to stop and struggling to help her, before finally having to watch himself in horror as he rapes his girlfriend, while she sobs, and quietly begs for him to stop.
Cite this Source
Once and Before this time. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this_time/once
Before this time & Once. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this_time/once>.
Once or Before this time. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/before_this_time/once.
