Dated
Previous
Previous adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Dated and previous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dated" instead an adjective "Previous".
Nearby Word: previously
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An alternate universe episode also establishes that if she was still fat, none of her previous boyfriends would have dated her and she'd be a virgin.
Source: Fat Girl - Katie Waissel had once dated Michael Sophocles, an Elimination Houdini on the previous years' series of the Apprentice.
Source: Elimination Houdini -
Uncanny Family Resemblance: In "Howard's Girl", Rhoda insinuates that Mary's boyfriend, Paul Arnell, is more attractive than his brother Howard, who Mary dated in a previous episode.
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Previous and Dated. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dated/previous
Dated & Previous. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dated/previous>.
Previous or Dated. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dated/previous.
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