Present and Past

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Present adjective – Existing or in progress right now.

Usage example: I am very busy at the present moment

Past is an antonym for present in topics: future, gift, nearby, existing, existing time.

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Past adjective – Having been such at some previous time.

Usage example: a past editor of the newspaper

Present is an antonym for past in topics: former, former times, current, preceding, olden.

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good	good present	good past
female	female present	female past
full	full present	full past
true	true present	true past
Other adjectives: relative, romantic, actual, entire, real, bad, terrible, horrible, traumatic, new, near, mysterious, Nazi, alternate, said.

life	present life	past life
people	present people	past people
series	present series	past series
future	present future	past future
Other nouns: time, level, game, age, version, year, events, enemies, lives, games, timeline, members, heroes, selves, versions.

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Past and Present. (2016). Retrieved 2021, January 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/past

Present & Past. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jan. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/past>.

Past or Present. 2016. Accessed January 22, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/past.

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