Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
The book recalls other memories of a bygone age.
...bygone generations.
Synonyms: past, former, previous, lost More Synonyms of bygone
2.
See let bygones be bygones
bygone in British English
(ˈbaɪˌɡɒn)
adjective
1. (usually prenominal)
past; former
noun
2. (often plural)
a past occurrence
3. (often plural)
an artefact, implement, etc, of former domestic or industrial use, now often collected for interest
4. let bygones be bygones
bygone in American English
(ˈbaɪˌgɔn)
adjective
1.
that has or have gone by; past; former
noun
2.
anything that is gone or past
Idioms:
let bygones be bygones
Examples of 'bygone' in a sentence
bygone
There are good reasons to recognize the continuity of bygone days with the here and now.
Christianity Today (2000)
They are eerily compelling relics of a bygone future age.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Just a fond memory of a bygone time?
The Sun (2014)
But the album is by no means just a tribute to one bygone time.
The Sun (2011)
Before his eyes had risen bygone times.
Johanna Spyri Heidi (1881)
In bygone days, a whale bone was used but tended to snap.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Like the railway itself, this peaceful film is a throwback to a bygone age.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Far from being a relic of a bygone age, they are the future for deployed operations.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Perhaps a caretaker had lived here with his family, in the bygone days of Soviet power.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Their knowledge of ancient languages gave them access to the esoteric writings of bygone ages, writings which supposedly contained secret knowledge about the nature of the world.
Veronica Buckley CHRISTINA QUEEN OF SWEDEN: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric (2004)
Her lifestyle doesn't come into her career, and it is a bit of a throwback to a bygone age to suppose it should.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most of us love to read letters because, like photographs, they give us a sense of intimacy with bygone times and people we have not known.
Marius, Richard A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995)
In other languages
bygone
British English: bygone ADJECTIVE
Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
The book recalls other memories of a bygone age.
American English: bygone
Brazilian Portuguese: passado
Chinese: 很久以前的
European Spanish: pasado
French: d'autrefoisN
German: vergangen
Italian: passato
Japanese: 過去の
Korean: 지나간
European Portuguese: passado
Latin American Spanish: pasado
(adjective)
Definition
past
bygone generations
Synonyms
past
a return to the turbulence of past centuries
former
Remember him as he was in former years.
previous
They had brought their furniture from their previous house.
lost
the relics of a lost civilization
forgotten
a faint whisper of a forgotten world far away
ancient
They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
of old
one-time
a one-time officer in the Royal Navy
departed
extinct
gone by
erstwhile
He is suing his erstwhile friend and business partner.
antiquated
of yore
olden
past recall
sunk in oblivion
Opposites
to be
,
coming
,
future
,
to come
,
forthcoming
,
prospective
Additional synonyms
in the sense of ancient
Definition
dating from very long ago
They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
Synonyms
classical,
old,
former,
past,
early,
bygone,
primordial,
primeval,
olden
in the sense of erstwhile
Definition
former
He is suing his erstwhile friend and business partner.