former

词形变化：

副词: formatively |

同义词：

previous | prior | earlier | past | first | preceding | anterior | sometime | old | antecedent | back | ago | ex- | last | quondam | onetime | late | early | one-time | erstwhile | other | foregoing |

反义词：

latter | later | present |

词义辨析：

同义:

a.早先的; 在前的

earlier

past

previous

preceding

prior

first

同义参见:

anterior

antecedent

sometime

prior¹

back

ago

old

反义:

a.从前的; 前任的, 前者的

present

later

latter