Long time ago
Once upon a time and long time ago are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Once upon a time" instead an adverb phrase "Long time ago".
Once upon a time
Long time ago and once upon a time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Long time ago" instead an adverb phrase "Once upon a time".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- before and long time ago
- before and once upon a time
- earlier and long time ago
- earlier and once upon a time
- previously and long time ago
- previously and once upon a time
- long ago and long time ago
- long ago and once upon a time
- formerly and long time ago
- formerly and once upon a time
- once and long time ago
- once and once upon a time
- heretofore and long time ago
- heretofore and once upon a time
Both terms in one sentence
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Once Upon a Time: "...a very long time ago, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders." Paper-Thin Disguise: Pooh, pretending to be a cloud.
Source: Literature / Winnie-the-Pooh -
One episode of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland included the Sarlacc in a list of monsters, implying that its cosmology might also feature events that happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
Source: Shared Universe
Cite this Source
Once upon a time and Long time ago. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/long_time_ago/once_upon_a_time
Long time ago & Once upon a time. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/long_time_ago/once_upon_a_time>.
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