Dictionary Entry
former
former is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who forms; a maker; a creator. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who forms; a maker; a creator.
- 2noun
A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.
- 3noun
A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.
- 4noun
A cutting die.
- 5adjective
Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
- 6adjective
Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
- 7adjective
Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.
- 8noun
the first of two or the first mentioned of two
"Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
- 9adjective
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
"the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"
- 10adjective
belonging to the distant past
"the early inhabitants of Europe"
"former generations"
- 11adjective
belonging to some prior time
"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
- 12adjective
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
"the former president"
"our late President is still very active"
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