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. Alexandra Feodorovna:

   I don’t mind whether a person is rich or poor. Once my friend, always my friend.

2. Mostafa Saad:

   Once you play with your friends in Palestine you can never imagine yourself holding a rifle instead of your instrument.

3. Jeff Kirschner:

   It's important to quantify and qualify - or as we call it 'fingerprint' - exactly what's lying on our streets, once you have the root cause of the problem, that allows you to pave the path to a solution.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show for any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

5. Hemant Joshi:

   They seem to be doing once again here in broadband what they have done earlier in telecom.