yore

Speech parts

1. yore - Noun

2. yore - Adverb

Meaning

In time long past; in old time; long since.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

foretime early history old once former past previous anciently eld previously ancient background formerly predecessor
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Antonyms

millennium time now present future moment
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Hypernyms

past yesteryear past times

Phrases with the word

of yore times of yore wagon of yore in times of yore in the days of yore

Anagrams

oyer Roye yero

Examples

And often, glad no more, We wear a face of joy because We have been glad of yore. William Wordsworth

And as we leave Donne and Walton on the shores of Metahemeralism, we wave a fond farewell to those famous chums of yore. Donna Tartt

What is the Truth? was askt of yore. Reply all object Truth is one As twain of halves aye makes a whole; the moral Truth for all is none. Richard Francis Burton

Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor, Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore. Joyce Grenfell

Be united, persevere, and achieve self-Government, so that the millions now perishing by poverty, famine, and plague may be saved, and India may once more occupy her proud position of yore among the greatest and civilized nations of the world. Dadabhai Naoroji

There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore. William Wordsworth

Close letter words and terms

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