yesteryear

The word “yesteryear” has 3 syllables: yes-ter-year

It's pronounced as /ˈjɛstərˌjɪr/


What is synonym and antonym for yesteryear?

In the thesaurus, “yesteryear” has 14 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for yesteryear

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

Antonyms for yesteryear

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

Meanings of yesteryear

  • noun
    1. Past years; time gone by; yore.
    2. Last year.

Example Sentences

  • Yesteryear was a time when life seemed to move at a slower pace, free from the distractions of modern technology.
  • The film evoked a sense of nostalgia, transporting viewers back to the charm and innocence of yesteryear.
  • In yesteryear, handwritten letters were the primary means of communication, a practice now largely replaced by email and text messaging.
  • The fashion designer drew inspiration from the glamour of yesteryear for her latest collection, featuring vintage-inspired silhouettes and fabrics.
  • As we reflect on the challenges and triumphs of yesteryear, we gain a deeper appreciation for how far we've come.

On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yesteryear, such as: annals, antiquity, auld lang syne, by-and-by, bygone, chronicle, eld.

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

Related Words

yesterdays

  • annals
  • antiquated
  • antiquities
  • auld lang synes
  • banal
  • bent
  • bygones
  • chronicles
  • common
  • commonplace
  • corny
  • dead
  • drab
  • dull
  • dusty
  • effete
  • flashbacks
  • flat
  • fusty
  • hackneyed
  • histories
  • insipid
  • like a dinosaur
  • long agos
  • mawkish
  • memoirs
  • moth-eaten
  • out
  • past
  • pasts
  • platitudinous
  • records
  • repetitious
  • shopworn
  • stereotyped
  • threadbare
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • trite
  • unoriginal
  • well-worn
  • worn-out
  • yesteryears
  • yores
  • zestless

yores

  • annals
  • antiquities
  • auld lang synes
  • bygones
  • chronicles
  • flashbacks
  • histories
  • long agos
  • memoirs
  • pasts
  • records
  • yesterdays
  • yesteryears

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

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

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