previous

previous is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
2. adjective. just preceding something else in time or order

   "the previous owner"

   "my old house was larger"

   Synonyms: old

3. adjective. too soon or too hasty

   "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"

   "a premature judgment"

   Synonyms: premature

4. adjective. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

   "the former president"

   "our late President is still very active"

   Synonyms: former, late

Synonyms

old, premature, former, late

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in previous:

pervious, viperous

Common word forms

previously, previousness

Words from these letters

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