Synonyms of the word

former

• adj. Previous.
• adj. First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
• n. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
• n. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
• n. (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).

early

• adj. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
• adj. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
• adj. Near the start or beginning.
• adj. Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
• adv. At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
• adv. Soon; in good time; seasonably.
• n. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.

erstwhile

• adv. Formerly; in the past.
• adj. (literary, law) Former, previous.
• adj. (proscribed) Respected, honourable.

first

• adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
• adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
• adv. Before anything else; firstly.
• n. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
• n. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
• n. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
• n. (countable, baseball) first base.
• n. (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
• n. (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
• n. A fraction of an integer ending in one.
• n. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

late

• adj. Near the end of a period of time.
• adj. Specifically, near the end of the day.
• adj. (usually not used comparatively) Associated with the end of a period.
• adj. Not arriving until after an expected time.
• adj. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
• adj. (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions…
• adj. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
• adj. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
• n. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
• adv. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
• adv. formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.

old

• adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
• adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
• adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
• adj. (heading) Of an earlier time.
• adj. Tiresome.
• adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
• adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old,…
• adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
• n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

onetime

• adj. (principally US) Former.
• adj. (principally US) For a single instance.

other

• adj. See other (determiner) below.
• adj. second.
• adj. Alien.
• adj. Different.
• adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
• n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
• n. The other one; the second of two.
• adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
• adv. (obsolete) otherwise.
• v. (transitive) To make into an other.
• v. (transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
• v. (transitive) (ethnicity or race) To label as "other".
• conj. (obsolete) Or.

past

• n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
• n. (grammar) The past tense.
• adj. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
• adj. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
• adj. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
• adj. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
• adv. in a direction that passes.
• adv. Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
• prep. beyond in place, quantity or time.

previous

• adj. Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
• adj. (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
• n. (informal, Britain) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions"); loosely, a track record…

quondam

• adj. Former; once; at one time.

sometime

• adv. At an unstated or indefinite time in the future.
• adv. (obsolete) Sometimes.
• adv. (obsolete) At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
• adj. Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
• adj. Occasional.