WHILOM Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

whilom

adjective

Definition of whilom

as in former

having been such at some previous time pointedly ignored the whilom friends who had turned on her

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Kim Aris, the London son of former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said he was allowed a 20-minute phone call from the Nobel Peace Prize winner detained in her native country and who has not been seen publicly in five years.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Then last month, Kwan appointed former Rwandan Minister of State for Infrastructure Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye as RFO’s principal of emerging markets and business development to drive investment flows between Asia and Africa.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of former

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Aditya Guru Dev and Samyukta Lakshmi—grandchildren of the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore—acquired a bungalow with good bones and a slowly failing roof.

— Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
Below’s detour to Little Pot Rock wraps up quickly with little explanation for the erstwhile hag’s seemingly flesh-and-blood existence on the island, but something spooky’s going on with her for sure.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of erstwhile

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An album-length EP by the 20-year-old producer is a dizzying and boundless collage of collages, using free-jazz logic and digital overload to chart new emotional terrain.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Rodrigo Valentim, a 51-year-old businessman and supporter of Bolsonaro, said another Lula government would harm the economy.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

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