Bygone
ahd-5
adjective.
Gone by; past.
noun.
One, especially a grievance, that is past.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Past; gone by; hence, out of date; antiquated: as, “thy
bygone
fooleries,”
noun.
What is gone by and past: as, that is a
bygone
; let
bygones
be
bygones
; “let old
bygones
be,”
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Past; gone by.
noun.
Something gone by or past; a past event.
noun.
let the past be forgotten.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Having been or
happened
in the
far
past
.
noun.
A
person
or
occurrence
that took place in the past.
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adjective.
well in the past; former
noun.
past events to be put aside
Word Usage
"The words used in bygone eras were not as sharp or short as they are now, and neither were the phrases."
Equivalent
past
Etymologically Related
let bygones be bygones
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
past
past times
yesteryear
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Elizabethan
Napoleonic
Victorian
chivalric
cromwellian
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
ago
antiquated
antique
archaic
belated