Synonyms for bygones
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bahy-gawn, -gon |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn |
Top 10 synonyms for bygones Other synonyms for the word bygones
- bibelot
- bygones
- collector's item
- conversation piece
- curio
- days gone by
- exoticism
- foretime
- freak
- knickknack
- lang syne
- Last Day
- marvel
- monstrosity
- monument
- nonesuch
- not long ago
- objet d'art
- oddity
- past
- peculiar object
- prodigy
- rarity
- recently
- ruin
- singular object
- the other day
- times past
- toy
- trifle
- unusual object
- vestige
- whatnot
- wonder
- yesterday
Définition of bygones
Origin :- "things that are past," especially offenses, 1560s, from plural of noun use of bygone (q.v.).
- As in yesterday : noun the day before today
- As in water under the bridge : noun things forgotten about
- As in curio : noun knickknack
- As in curiosity : noun odd item
- As in antique : noun old object, often of great value
- He gave me a great deal of trouble—but there, let bygones be bygones!
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- But, considerin' that I got this horn from Mr. Bangs, I'm willin' to let bygones be past.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Who can sympathize with bygones when he is counting the minutes that are to make him one of them?
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- I don't talk of these things; they are bygones, and I 'd as soon forget them.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- And under the circumstances we are quite willing to let bygones be bygones.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
- But on the other side of the bridge we let bygones be bygones.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 » by Various
- And let none ever name the matter afore her again; let bygones be bygones.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- These excellent Athenians were resolved that bygones should be bygones.
- Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
- "We will let bygones be bygones, Terence," he said, as he shook hands with him.
- Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
- "We'll let bygones be bygones," answered Nat, and then he shook hands with his uncle.
- Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.
Antonyms for bygones
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