formera
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one
Related & opposite
- lattera antonym
Sense 2 adjective
belonging to the distant past
the early inhabitants of Europe
Related & opposite
- past similar to
Sense 3 adjective
belonging to some prior time
erstwhile friend
Related & opposite
- past similar to
Sense 4 adjective
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
the former president
Related & opposite
- past similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | lattera |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | past |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | past |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | past |