Synonyms for beforehand
Most common
ahead earlier antecedently prehand foretime yestertide yestertime
All synonyms
Adverb
1. Ahead
before, ahead, early, earlier, antecedently, previously dated, betimes dated
Other
up-front, prehand, foretime, yestertide, yestertime
Definitions
- adv. 1
At an earlier or preceding time.
Weeks beforehand, I had bought the tickets for the concert.
Example sentences
- ahead We all know that Mendel was way ahead of his time.
- earlier I've been coming to work one train earlier lately.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| beforehand | steady | |
| ahead | rising | |
| earlier | steady | |
| antecedently | rising | |
| foretime | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- early2, ahead2
- 6 letters
- before2
- 7 letters
- earlier3, betimes, prehand
- 8 letters
- foretime
- 10 letters
- previously4, yestertide, yestertime
- 12 letters
- antecedently
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (early2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- préalablement
- Español
- previamente
- Deutsch
- vorweg