Earlier times
Past and earlier times are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Past" instead a noun phrase "Earlier times".
Past
Past noun - The events or experience of former times.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- history and earlier times
- history and past
- long ago and earlier times
- long ago and past
- antiquity and earlier times
- antiquity and past
- old times and earlier times
- old times and past
- good old days and earlier times
- good old days and past
- yesteryear and earlier times
- yesteryear and past
- yore and earlier times
- yore and past
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Past and Earlier times. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/earlier_times/past
Earlier times & Past. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/earlier_times/past>.
Past or Earlier times. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/earlier_times/past.
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