former times
The old days
Former times refers to an earlier period, especially one viewed nostalgically or as distinctly different from the present: In former times, people wrote letters instead of emails.
The phrase often carries a sense of the old days or how things used to be, without specifying exactly when.
- yesteryearTime not long past
- days gone byPrevious periods of time
- bygoneOf earlier times
- old daysEarlier remembered times
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
nostalgia · good old days · olden · days of old · vintage · retro · back in the day · past · history · long ago · ancestors · memory · sepia · faded · dusty · ancient · classic · heritage
temporal location
former timesthe present
Current moment in time
now · modern times · nowadays · today · the here and now
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