yestertime

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noun

Time previous to the present; the past.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounyestertime (plural yestertimes)

plural yestertimes

  1. Time previous to the present; the past.

    Synonyms: foretime

adverbyestertime (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn times past, at a prior time; in the past.

    And at last I came back to me, after sailing on surgeful waves; at this moment, between the Present and the Future, the Past and the Present, — forgetting what the world was, yestertime,—forgetting what I was, yestertime.

    1920, Yoné Noguchi, Seen & unseen, or, Monologues of a homeless snail

    Synonyms: beforehand

Synonyms & antonyms

nounTime previous to the present; the past.

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adverbIn times past, at a prior time; in the past.

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APA

yestertime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yestertime

MLA

“yestertime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yestertime. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yestertime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yestertime.

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