| Former 1. (n.) One who forms; a maker; a creator. 2. (n.) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. 3. (n.) A template, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. 4. (n.) A cutting die. 5. (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past. 6. (a.) Near the beginning; preceding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument. 7. (a.) Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned. Thesaurus Entries aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, anterior, anticipatory, beforementioned, bygone, ci-devant, departed, earlier, early, elder, eldest, erstwhile, first, first-born, firstling, fore, foregoing, forementioned, forenamed, immemorial, last, late, latest, major, named, old, olden, older, oldest, once, onetime, past, precedent, preceding, precurrent, preexistent, prehistoric, previous, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenitary, prior, quondam, recent, said, same, senior, sometime, then, whilom |