Synonyms for once
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Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. once, one time, in one caseadverb

   on one occasion

   "once I ran into her"

   Synonyms:
   in one case, erstwhile, erst, at one time, formerly, one time

2. onceadverb

   as soon as

   "once we are home, we can rest"

   Synonyms:
   in one case, erstwhile, erst, at one time, formerly, one time

3. once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erstadverb

   at a previous time

   "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

   Synonyms:
   at once, erst, at one time, formerly, erstwhile, at a time, one time, in one case

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. onceadjective

   Synonyms:
   for one time

2. onceadjective

   Synonyms:
   formerly, in former times

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "once":

   after, again, when, upon, formerly, if, ever, where, someday

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1. Brandon Garic Notch:

   The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.”

2. Brandon Cordy:

   The inventory of available titles, while still vast, had been contracting some over the years with some movies that were once available no longer being so, turnaround times to get a new movie or movies also started to take longer, so I knew it was only a matter of time. But I didn’t want it to end if I could help it.

3. Kevin McCarthy:

   We will also return the House back to a functioning constitutional bodyby repealing proxy voting once and for all.

4. Paul Andrews:

   My father was an infinitely deliberate person, there's no way once he decided his own fate that he was going to give a clue about it, since that would have defeated the whole plan.

5. David Gergen:

   It's a chance for Democrats to make the case once and for all that there was no fraud, that Joe Biden was legitimately elected and the people who tried to steal this election are the ones who assaulted the Capitol.