yesterday

The word “yesterday” has 3 syllables: yes-ter-day

It's pronounced as /ˈjɛs.tər.deɪ/


What is synonym and antonym for yesterday?

In the thesaurus, “yesterday” has 19 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for yesterday along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for yesterday

  • Last Day
  • annals
  • antiquity
  • auld lang syne
  • bygone
  • chronicle
  • flashback
  • foretime
  • history
  • lang syne
  • long ago
  • memoir
  • not long ago
  • past
  • recently
  • record
  • the other day
  • yesteryear
  • yore

Antonyms for yesterday

  • by-and-by
  • future
  • futurity
  • hereafter
  • moment
  • now
  • offing
  • present
  • today
  • tomorrow

Meanings of yesterday

  • noun
    1. The day immediately before today; one day ago.
    2. The recent past, often disparaging.
  • adverb
    1. On the day before today.
    2. As soon as possible.

Example Sentences

  • Yesterday was a busy day at work, with back-to-back meetings and deadlines to meet.
  • She finished reading the book she started yesterday and was eager to start a new one.
  • We went for a hike yesterday and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the trail.
  • Yesterday marked the anniversary of their first date, so they celebrated with a romantic dinner.
  • I forgot my umbrella at home yesterday, and of course, it rained heavily while I was out.

On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yesterday, such as: Last Day, annals, antiquity, auld lang syne, by-and-by, bygone, chronicle.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

yesteryear

  • annals
  • antiquity
  • auld lang syne
  • bygone
  • chronicle
  • eld
  • flashback
  • history
  • long ago
  • memoir
  • past
  • record
  • yesterday
  • yore

yore

  • annals
  • antiquity
  • auld lang syne
  • bygone
  • chronicle
  • days gone by
  • flashback
  • former times
  • good old days
  • history
  • long ago
  • memoir
  • old lang syne
  • old times
  • olden days
  • past
  • record
  • time immemorial
  • times past
  • years ago
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear

old

  • Noachian
  • aboriginal
  • adult
  • age-old
  • aged
  • ageing
  • ageless
  • aging
  • along in years
  • ancient
  • anile
  • annoying
  • antediluvian
  • antiquated
  • antique
  • antiquity
  • archaic
  • archaistic
  • arid
  • aseptic
  • barren
  • blah
  • blank
  • boring
  • bothersome
  • broken down
  • bygone
  • cast-off
  • centenarian
  • classic
  • classical
  • colorless
  • common
  • commonplace
  • constant
  • continuing
  • crumbling
  • cumbersome
  • dated
  • dateless
  • dead
  • debilitated
  • debilitating
  • decayed
  • decrepit
  • defunct
  • demoralizing
  • departed
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • doddering
  • done
  • drab
  • draining
  • dreary
  • drudging
  • dry
  • dull
  • dullish
  • durable
  • dusty
  • early
  • earthbound
  • elderly
  • enduring
  • enervating
  • enfeebled
  • enfeebling
  • erstwhile
  • established
  • exhausted
  • exhausting
  • experienced
  • expired
  • extinct
  • familiar
  • fatiguing
  • firm
  • flat
  • former
  • fossil
  • fusty
  • geriatric
  • getting on
  • gone
  • gray
  • gray-haired
  • grey
  • grizzled
  • grown-up
  • hackneyed
  • hallowed
  • hardened
  • heavy
  • ho-hum
  • hoar
  • hoary
  • humdrum
  • immemorial
  • impaired
  • inactive
  • inanimate
  • infirm
  • inveterate
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • jading
  • jejune
  • lasting
  • late
  • leaden
  • lifelong
  • long in the tooth
  • long-ago
  • long-lasting
  • long-lived
  • longsome
  • lumbering
  • matriarchal
  • mature
  • matured
  • mediaeval
  • medieval
  • middle-aged
  • mind-numbing
  • moldy
  • moment
  • monochromatic
  • monotonous
  • moth-eaten
  • nonagenarian
  • not young
  • now
  • numbing
  • obsolete
  • octogenarian
  • of a certain age
  • of long standing
  • of old
  • of yore
  • old-fashioned
  • old-time
  • old-world
  • olden
  • older
  • oldfangled
  • oldish
  • once
  • onetime
  • ordinary
  • original
  • other
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • over the hill
  • over-the-hill
  • overage
  • overaged
  • pallid
  • palling
  • past
  • patriarchal
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • pensioned
  • perennial
  • permanent
  • perpetual
  • pleasureless
  • plodding
  • pokey
  • poky
  • ponderous
  • practiced
  • prehistoric
  • prehistorical
  • present
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • pristine
  • prosaic
  • prosy
  • quondam
  • relic
  • remote
  • retired
  • retro
  • rusty
  • seasoned
  • senescent
  • senile
  • senior
  • septuagenarian
  • sexagenarian
  • skilled
  • slow
  • soggy
  • solid
  • sometime
  • spavined
  • spiritless
  • stale
  • staying
  • steady
  • sterile
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • stupid
  • superannuated
  • suspenseless
  • tame
  • tedious
  • tepid
  • time-honored
  • time-tested
  • time-worn
  • timeless
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • today
  • tottery
  • traditional
  • tried
  • tried-and-true
  • undramatic
  • uneventful
  • unexceptional
  • unexciting
  • unfashionable
  • unimaginative
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unnewsworthy
  • unoriginal
  • unrewarding
  • unsensational
  • unspectacular
  • unsurprising
  • unyoung
  • vanished
  • vapid
  • venerable
  • versed
  • veteran
  • vintage
  • wasted
  • wearing
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • whilom
  • worn-out
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear
  • yore

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