pasts
Times gone by
Pasts is the plural of past, referring to multiple histories or former times.
The word appears when distinguishing separate histories: Their pasts finally caught up with them.
People speak of troubled pasts, checkered pasts, or lives shaped by very different pasts.
We all carry our pasts with us.
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- defunctNo longer existing
disused · dated · elapsed · expired · forgotten · abandoned · discarded · superseded
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
traditions · roots · genealogy · forebears · progenitors · patrimony · pedigree · bloodline
Ordered historical record
- timelineOrdered display of events
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
epoch · era · civilization · archaeology · artifacts · chronology · annals · archives
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
hiraeth · halcyon · sepia-toned · retro · vintage · bittersweet · yesteryear · reverie
Recalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- youthState of being immature
photographs · diaries · souvenirs · mementos · keepsakes · anecdotes · stories · retrospection
antiquated
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
defunct · disused · dated · elapsed · expired · forgotten · abandoned · discarded · superseded · outmoded
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
birthright · traditions · roots · genealogy · forebears · progenitors · patrimony · pedigree · bloodline · ancestors
chronicle
Ordered historical record
renaissance · epoch · era · civilization · archaeology · artifacts · chronology · annals · archives · records
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
homesickness · hiraeth · halcyon · sepia-toned · retro · vintage · bittersweet · yesteryear · reverie · romanticism
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
youth · photographs · diaries · souvenirs · mementos · keepsakes · anecdotes · stories · retrospection · moments
pastsfutures
Contracts for future delivery
tomorrows · futurity · outlooks · hereafters · potentials
- in the pastPreviously occurred
- copy and pasteReplicate content elsewhere
- cut and pasteRelocate selected content
- get pastSurmount an obstacle
- half pastThirty minutes in
- past dueBeyond payment deadline
past, paste, pastry, pasture, pastel, pastor, pastoral, pasteurize, pastille