Previous
Previous adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Recent and previous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Previous".
Nearby Word: previously
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- As of Movie 7, Spring Carnival, if you're not a Pink-type Cure, Honoka, Nagisa, Tsubomi, Erika or the previous and recent teams, you're probably not going to get lines.
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Earlier in the anime series, during the attempted rescue of Gaara, there were flashbacks to things that had been covered in previous and recent flashbacks, as well as flashbacks to things that had happened five real-time minutes earlier.
Source: Padding - In recent years, such as "Noisy Nora" (Which is one of Rosemary's first books) would get a newer art style compared to it's previous look from the 70's and 80's.
Cite this Source
Recent and Previous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/previous/recent
Previous & Recent. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/previous/recent>.
Recent or Previous. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/previous/recent.
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