beforetime
Back in history
Beforetime is an archaic or literary word meaning formerly or in the past: The land was fertile, as it had been beforetime.
It appears occasionally in biblical translations and historical texts but is rarely used in contemporary speech or writing.
Time not long past
- yoreTime long past
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- erstwhilePreviously but not now
- oldenOf a distant past
bygone · quaint · dated · antiquated · outmoded · obsolete · fossilized · archaism
Existing from the start
- antediluvianExtremely old or obsolete
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
protohistoric · ancient · primitive · genesis · dawn · origin · earliest · primeval
Ordered historical record
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
- artifactHuman-made historical object
relic · monument · manuscript · parchment · inscription · archive · record · documentary
Ancestral family member
- forefatherAncestor from generations past
- foremotherFemale forebear
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
lineage · heritage · genealogy · ancestry · descent · patrimony · matrilineage · bloodline
yesteryear
Time not long past
olden · bygone · quaint · dated · antiquated · outmoded · obsolete · fossilized · archaism · hitherto
primordial
Existing from the start
- antediluvianExtremely old or obsolete
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
paleolithic · protohistoric · ancient · primitive · genesis · dawn · origin · earliest · primeval · prototypal
chronicle
Ordered historical record
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
artifact · relic · monument · manuscript · parchment · inscription · archive · record · documentary · narrative
forebear
Ancestral family member
- forefatherAncestor from generations past
- foremotherFemale forebear
- progenitorAncestor or originator
ancestor · lineage · heritage · genealogy · ancestry · descent · patrimony · matrilineage · bloodline · pedigree
beforetimehereafter
Life after death
henceforth · in the future · afterward · afterwards · later
beforetimethereafter
From that point on
afterwards · subsequently · later on · following · after
time, before, timeless, timer, timely, beforehand, heretofore, aforementioned, aforethought