Former

Adjective

 * 1) previous
 * 2) * A former president.
 * 3) * The former East Germany.
 * 4) first of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
 * 5) * The former is a good idea but the latter is not.

Noun

 * 1) Someone who forms something.
 * Dave was the former of the company.
 * 1) An object used to form something.
 * ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
 * 1)  Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
 * ''Fifth-former
 * Sixth-former.

Synonyms for Former

 * anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex-
 * foregoing, preceding, previous, anterior, antecedent, prior,before.

Antonyms for Former
latter, later, after, succeeding, future, following, subsequent, ensuing, consequential.

Derived terms

 * pan former

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From former:, comparative of forme:, from  forma:.

Adjective

 * Catalan: previ
 * Croatian: prethodni,
 * Czech: bývalý (such that it used to be)
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: წინანდელი
 * German: ehemalig; vorig, früher
 * Greek: (próin), τέως (téos)
 * Hungarian:, , , , hajdani


 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 前, hiragana: まえ
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: anterior, anterius
 * Polish: były, była , byłe
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, бывший, прежний
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: ముందరి (muMdari), మునుపటి (munupaTi)
 * Turkish:, önceki,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: terdahulu


 * Japanese:
 * Polish: pierwszy (z dwóch)
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: föregående
 * Turkish:


 * : trước, cũ, xưa, nguyên

Anagrams

 * reform

Etymology
formo:

Verb

 * 1) to form generic sense
 * 2) to shape to make into a certain shape
 * 3) to train; to educate

Related terms

 * formation
 * forme

Noun

 * 1) Indefinite plural of form.