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Antonyms for bygone
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bahy-gawn, -gon |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn |
Definition of bygone
Origin :- early 15c., from by (adv.) + gone. Cf. similar construction of aforesaid. As a noun from 1560s (see bygones).
- adj in the past
- For instance, no mention has yet been made of the Hermæ of bygone ages.
- Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
- That is contrary to the observation of philosophers of bygone days.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The children were in the habit of calling each other by that means in bygone years.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- How clearly and how sharply have all these bygone events been stamped upon my memory!
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- He could still hear the laughter of the bygone Salon of the Rejected.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Now all that is over,—we have neared the shore, and all our hold on you is bygone.
- Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- The suggestion was no more than a suggestion in the mind of the watcher of all these bygone scenes.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- And he drank, for the sake of bygone dusks, with his customer.
- Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
- Will Captain Blythe let this be a bygone if we return to duty?
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- But it was not so: it was the sound of bygone music that she heard.
- Extract from : « Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands » by Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
Synonyms for bygone
- ancient
- antiquated
- archaic
- belated
- dated
- dead
- defunct
- departed
- down memory lane
- erstwhile
- extinct
- forgotten
- former
- gone
- gone by
- in oblivion
- late
- lost
- of old
- of yore
- old-fashioned
- old-time
- olden
- oldfangled
- one-time
- out-of-date
- previous
- quondam
- sometime
- vanished
- water over the dam
- water under the bridge
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