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- As in stale : adj overused, out-of-date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
Synonyms for yester day
- ancient times
- antiquated
- antiquity
- banal
- belated
- bent
- bygone
- bygone times
- bygones
- cliché
- cliché-ridden
- clichéd
- common
- commonplace
- corny
- dated
- days gone by
- days of old
- days of yore
- dead
- démodé
- disused
- drab
- dull
- dusty
- effete
- extinct
- flat
- foretime
- former times
- fusty
- good old days
- good old times
- hackneyed
- has-been
- history
- horse and buggy days
- insipid
- lang syne
- Last Day
- like a dinosaur
- long ago
- mawkish
- moth-eaten
- not long ago
- obsolete
- old days
- old lang syne
- old times
- olden days
- olden times
- out
- out-of-date
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- past
- platitudinous
- recently
- repetitious
- shopworn
- stereotyped
- superseded
- the other day
- threadbare
- time immemorial
- times of yore
- times past
- timeworn
- tired
- trite
- unfashionable
- unoriginal
- well-worn
- worn-out
- years ago
- yesterday
- yesterday's
- yesteryear
- yore
- zestless
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