Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun then
1 sense of then
Sense 1
then -- (that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on")
=> point, point in time -- (an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave")
Antonyms of adj then
1 sense of then
Sense 1
then (prenominal) -- (at a specific prior time; "the then president")
INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present -- (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations")
INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future -- (yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him")
Similarity of adj then
1 sense of then
Sense 1
then (prenominal) -- (at a specific prior time; "the then president")
=> past (vs. present) (vs. future) -- (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year")
Synonyms of adv then
3 senses of then
Sense 1
then, so, and so, and then -- (subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed")
Sense 2
then -- (in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich")
Sense 3
then -- (at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught")