Clearly no one likes an ex. This is true, both when it comes to lovers, who now evoke nothing but bad memories, and when it comes to past leaders of some enterprise. By the way, it is interesting that teachers and students cannot be called “former”. Today we will select synonyms for the last word, and also talk about the meaning and various wisdom.
Meaning
Let's continue talking about students and teachers. When we call a student or teacher “former”, it means that the first or the last did not please us with something, upset us, and we decided to disown them. In other words, everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance. To bring some clarity, let's turn to the explanatory dictionary, what does he think about this? Regarding the meaning of the word "former", the book says the following:
- Now out of office or rank.
- The same as former people, that is, declassed, degraded, and also lost their former position. The phrase is colloquial.
Examples of usage
Illustrations come to mind immediately. There are former presidents, ministers, national team coaches. If you descend from such heights, then every person in the biography will find a place in order to attach the definition of “former” somewhere, a synonym for it will also do. For example, the former coach of the Russian national team Guus Hiddink, his fans remember with warmth: of course - the bronze medals of Euro 2008. For example, Don Fabio, who is Capello, did not deserve such an honor. If anyone does not understand, then we are talking about the football team.
The second meaning is more difficult, and here's why: we know that some people can't maneuver in social reality and sometimes fail. People with addictions, constantly "temporarily unemployed", the homeless, vagrants - these are all former people. Synonyms in this case are difficult to find, because the object of study seems to be a whole concept.
And in the context of the topic, this is interesting: does the phrase "ex-boyfriend" refer to the first meaning or the second? Let's answer paradoxically. From the point of view of the language, “ex-boyfriend” is, of course, the first meaning, like a former minister or coach. But, from the point of view of the girl, he is no better than the declassed, degraded, anti-social elements. Such is the story.
Synonyms
We saved the most interesting and important for the final. The task - to find a synonym for the word "former" does not seem so simple. Because the dictionary, although smart, is still significant.simpler than a human, and one cannot do without the human mind. Using our consideration, we have selected for you the most successful semantic replacements for the object of study:
- past;
- former;
- old;
- previous;
- then.
In addition to the compiled list, there is also a wonderful prefix "ex". It also unmistakably indicates the current status of a person who once held a particular position. The prefix is needed to save time and not pronounce the word "former". Yes, remember that prefix and hyphen are an inseparable pair.
