yesterdays
Times now gone
Yesterdays is the plural of yesterday, referring to multiple past days or to the past generally.
It appears most often in reflective or nostalgic contexts: all our yesterdays, the yesterdays of my youth.
The word suggests accumulation of time gone by rather than specific calendar dates.
Recalling past experiences
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
yearning · homesickness · pining · hiraeth · bittersweet · sepia-toned · rose-tinted · golden days
Recalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- retrospectReflection on past events
- reminiscentTending to recall
- recallMemory retrieval act
remembrance · mind's eye · episodic · autobiographical · mental replay · déjà vu · faded · hazy
Ordered historical record
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- legacyWhat's passed down
- timelineOrdered display of events
era · epoch · records · archives · ancestors · forebears · historical · documented
No longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
antiquated · passé · former · previous · departed · elapsed · expired · over
Unintended wrong actions
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
- lessons learnedKnowledge from experience
- what-ifsSpeculative alternative scenarios
- dwellingPlace of residence
missed opportunities · ruminating · second-guessing · do-overs · amends · closure · moving on · letting go
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
sentimentality · yearning · homesickness · pining · hiraeth · bittersweet · sepia-toned · rose-tinted · golden days · good old days
recollection
Recalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- retrospectReflection on past events
- reminiscentTending to recall
recall · remembrance · mind's eye · episodic · autobiographical · mental replay · déjà vu · faded · hazy · vivid
chronicle
Ordered historical record
timeline · era · epoch · records · archives · ancestors · forebears · historical · documented · recorded
outdated
No longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
dated · antiquated · passé · former · previous · departed · elapsed · expired · over · finished
mistakes
Unintended wrong actions
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
- lessons learnedKnowledge from experience
- what-ifsSpeculative alternative scenarios
missed opportunities · dwelling · ruminating · second-guessing · do-overs · amends · closure · moving on · letting go · forgiveness
- born yesterdayExtremely naive and credulous
- yesterday's newsInformation no longer current
- not born yesterday
- like yesterdayVery recently recalled
- day before yesterdayTwo sunrises ago
- remember like it was yesterdayRecollect with startling clarity