old flame β An old flame is someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship.
blast from the past β You can use a blast from the past as a light-hearted way of referring to something such as an old song or fashion that you hear or notice again, and which reminds you of an earlier time.
adjective ex
former β preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
sometime β at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
one-time β having been as specified at one time; former: my one-time partners.
prior β preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
earlier β in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
antecedent β An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
anterior β Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
foregoing β previously stated, written, or occurring; preceding: The foregoing paragraph presents the problem.
precedent β Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
departed β Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
above β If one thing is above another one, it is directly over it or higher than it.
ancient β Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.
first β being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
aforementioned β If you refer to the aforementioned person or subject, you mean the person or subject that has already been mentioned.
aforesaid β Aforesaid means the same as aforementioned.
long ago β of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
