Antonyms for yester-day

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : yes-ter-dey, -dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di

Definition of yester-day

Origin : Old English geostran dæg, from dæg "day" (see day) + geostran "yesterday," from Proto-Germanic *gestra- (cf. Old High German gestaron, German gestern "yesterday," Old Norse gær "tomorrow, yesterday," Gothic gistradagis "tomorrow"), originally "the other day" (reckoned from "today," either backward or forward), from PIE *ghes (cf. Sanskrit hyah, Avestan zyo, Persian di, Greek khthes, Latin heri, Old Irish indhe, Welsh doe "yesterday;" Latin hesternus "of yesterday").

As in passé : adj old-fashioned
As in stale : adj overused, out-of-date
As in past : noun time gone by
As in yesterday : noun the day before today
As in good old days : noun times of old considered better than present
As in water under the bridge : noun things forgotten about
As in history : noun past events, experiences

Example sentences :

The announcement was made in the House yester-day, and the excitement all over the province is intense.
Extract from : « George Brown » by John Lewis

Would you just as soon stay here--and just read and talk, and fool around as we did yester-day?
Extract from : « Harriet and the Piper » by Kathleen Norris

Synonyms for yester-day

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