onetime
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˈwʌnˌtaɪm/
- A half-century later, the former clerk still tips his hat to his onetime boss.
Examples
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"The president has taken his eye off the ball in Afghanistan," said his onetime rival Howard Dean.
Academic text (2009) -
Friend of the stars, onetime bootlegger, Mr. New York.
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Not only that, he saved my life, onetime, and we sort of became best friends.
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Like F.D.R., his onetime idol, Mr. Reagan kept to his habits during his eight years as president.
Blog text (20) -
The onetime mansion-house guest was arranging a display dominated by a copperplate picture of a bird.
Fiction book (1992) -
Morrison, the onetime athletic director at Wofford and TCU, will teach at the University of South Carolina's College of Hospitality.
Academic text (2017) -
p137 Fayetteville, North Carolina, the onetime state capital (1789-1793), seat of Cumberland County, fifty miles south-southwest of Raleigh.
Fiction book (1996) -
Hohmann's vision of the company came into focus after his onetime employer was bought out.
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My father is Albert Spellman, a onetime cop turned private investigator who really likes lunch.
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O.J. Simpson was talking specifically about calling Paula Barbieri, his onetime girlfriend, on June 12, 1994.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thing that belonged to or was used before the one you have now
∞
1.0
Existing earlier or having held a role before
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2.8
In the past
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4.5
A person or thing that used to be something but is not now
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8.4
From an earlier time and not happening now
3
5.5
Having had a job or role in the past, not now
Once in a role or position but not now
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word onetime comes from the simple parts one and time, meaning 'at one time' or 'once'. So a onetime mentor is someone who was a mentor before, which is why onetime means 'former' or 'previous'.