Synonyms of the word

yesteryear

• n. (poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.
• n. (rare) Last year.

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.

time

• n. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
• n. A duration of time.
• n. An instant of time.
• n. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
• n. (countable) Ratio of comparison.
• n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
• n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
• v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
• v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
• v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
• v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
• v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
• v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
• interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

yore

• n. (poetic) time long past.
• adv. (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.