adjective
belonging to an earlier time.
relics of a bygone age
past,former,earlier,one-time,long-ago,gone by,previous,forgotten,lost,finished,completed,of old,ancient,antiquated,obsolete,departed,dead,extinct,defunct,out of date,outmoded,passé,of yore,olden,foregone,forepassed
noun
a thing dating from an earlier time.
the museum consists of a fascinating collection of rural bygones
adverb
Before or by now or the time in question.
Anna has suffered a great deal already
by that time,by this time,by now,by then,thus far,so far,hitherto,before,before now,before then,previously,earlier,earlier on,until now,until then,up to now,up to then
adverb
(used after a measurement of time) before the present; earlier.
he went five minutes ago
in the past,before the present,before,earlier,back,in time gone by,since,formerly,previously
adjective
Denoting a thing or person previously mentioned.
songs from the aforementioned album
foregoing,previous,prior,former,precursory,earlier,above,above-mentioned,aforementioned,above-stated,above-named,antecedent
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