former (n.)
former (adj.)
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- ancient
- antecedent
- antediluvian
- anterior
- anticipatory
- bygone
- departed
- earlier
- early
- elder
- eldest
- erstwhile
- first
- fore
- foregoing
- forementioned
- immemorial
- last
- late
- latest
- major
- named
- old
- olden
- older
- onetime
- past
- precedent
- preceding
- preexistent
- prehistoric
- previous
- prime
- primeval
- primitive
- prior
- quondam
- recent
- said
- same
- senior
- sometime
- then
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after.
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other's sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think's sufficient at one time.