Meanings
adjectiveprewar (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of pre-war.
In this metropolis that had a prewar population of almost a million, but where the city center now feels like an Orwellian ghost town of propaganda posters and armed patrols, perhaps no one feels more alone than those who still harbor pro-Ukrainian sentiments.
2014 September 25, Anthony Faiola, “An Orwellian nightmare for pro-Ukrainians in rebel-held east”, in The Washington Post, Nash Holdings, LLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2016, retrieved 25 Sep 2014
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexisting or belonging to a time before a war
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Proto-Indo-European*wers-
- Proto-Germanic*werzaną
- Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
- Frankish*werʀ
- Early Medieval Latinwerra
- Old Northern Frenchguerre
- Old Englishwerre
- Middle Englishwerre
- Englishwar
- Englishprewar
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
prewar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewar
MLA
“prewar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prewar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prewar.
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