Synonyms for beforehand
bɪˈfɔrˌhænd, -ˈfoʊr-be·fore·hand

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1. beforehandadverb

   Synonyms:
   in advance

   Antonyms:
   afterwards

2. beforehandadverb

   In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

   Rich and much beforehand. Francis Bacon.

   Synonyms:
   in advance

   Antonyms:
   afterwards

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1. advance(a), beforehand(p)adverb

   being ahead of time or need

   "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"

   Antonyms:
   late, middle

2. ahead, in advance, beforehandadverb

   ahead of time; in anticipation

   "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand"

   Synonyms:
   forwards, in front, ahead, in advance, forrader, onwards, onward, in the lead, before, forward, out front

   Antonyms:
   middle, late

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1. at the outset

   at or from the beginning

   Submitted by anonymous on April 8, 2020  

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1. beforehandadjective

   Synonyms:
   previously, in anticipation, in advance

2. beforehandadjective

   Synonyms:
   forehanded, in comfortable circumstances (as respects property), well off, well to do

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1. List of paraphrases for "beforehand":

   previously, prior, before, earlier

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1. Paul Gray:

   It is not looking good, it is looking worse by the day, those projects which were looking shaky beforehand are now well and truly dead.

2. David Sykes:

   There was no reason we could have predicted that injury( to Triumph Hurdle favorite Sir Erec), beforehand, when Triumph Hurdle favorite Sir Erec was checked, the vets reported Triumph Hurdle favorite Sir Erec moved well and had no indication of lameness or injuries. We are never going to stop those sort of catastrophic injuries.

3. David Kennedy:

   It was more of an extortion case beforehand.

4. Kensington Palace:

   Prince Harry and Ms. Markle has a very close-knit circle of friends and Prince Harry and Ms. Markle did n’t want to choose one over another, all have been actively involved in helping her prepare for the day and will be there in the days beforehand. She’s very happy to have Prince Harry and Ms. Markle support.

5. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman:

   We don’t have any evidence that he told anyone beforehand, ‘I’m going to Lake Street. I want to run over protesters.’ None of that so far, we may discover more and if we do, we’ll use it.