Before : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'before': discover synonyms for the word before, such as earlier or ahead.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as before. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": earlier and ahead.

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Synonyms for before sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for before Degree of synonymy of before Frequency in the language

earlier
30050 39.41

ahead
30013 198.33

afore
20050 0.37

beforehand
20050 1.45

previously
20050 18.10

former
20050 18.27

fore
20050 2.65

ere
20050 2.35

formerly
20050 2.41

already
20050 318.55

previous
20049 9.49

prior
20049 8.27

early
20049 108.04

preceding
20049 0.67

past
20049 123.76

precede
20049 0.27

ago
20049 286.12

heretofore
20048 0.24

anticipation
20048 2.49

Lexical field of "before"

earlier
ahead
in front
afore
beforehand
previously
former
fore
ere
formerly
already
previous
prior
early
preceding
past
precede
ago
heretofore
anticipation
firstly
later
after
sooner
pre-test
rather
hitherto
lead-up
then
recently
preliminary
first
soon
here
primarily
used
once
just
originally
prima
last
even
towards
bonus
quite
look
ever
accepted
received
grant