Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yesterday
2 senses of yesterday
Sense 1
yesterday -- (the day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday's newspapers")
=> day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day -- (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day")
Sense 2
yesterday -- (the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays")
=> past, past times, yesteryear -- (the time that has elapsed; "forget the past")
Synonyms of adv yesterday
2 senses of yesterday
Sense 1
yesterday -- (on the day preceding today; "yesterday the weather was beautiful")
Sense 2
yesterday -- (in the recent past; only a short time ago; "I was not born yesterday!")