Home › Words › P › previousnesspreviousnesspreviousness means the quality of being previous.EtymologyFrom previous + -ness.nounThe quality of being previous.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anteriority 73% match — The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation. vs previousness →beforeness 70% match — The state or quality of being before. vs previousness →pastness 70% match — The state or quality of being past. vs previousness →precedaneous 70% match — preceding; antecedent; previous vs previousness →aheadness 69% match — The quality of being ahead. vs previousness →anteriorness 69% match — The state or quality of being anterior. vs previousness →predecessory 68% match — Being or pertaining to a predecessor. vs previousness →priorly 67% match — Previously. vs previousness →