'Since' definitions:
Definition of 'Since'
From: GCIDE
- Since \Since\ (s[i^]ns), adv. [For sins, contr. fr. OE. sithens, sithenes, formed by an adverbial ending (cf. Besides) from OE. sithen, also shortened into sithe, sin, AS. si[eth][eth]an, sy[eth][eth]an, seo[eth][eth]an, afterward, then, since, after; properly, after that; fr. s[imac][eth] after, later, adv. and prep. (originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. s[imac][eth] afterward, since, OHG. s[imac]d, G. seit since, Goth. sei[thorn]us late, ni [thorn]anasei[thorn]s no longer) + [eth]on instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See That.]
- 1. From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since. [1913 Webster]
- We since become the slaves to one man's lust. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago. [1913 Webster]
- How many ages since has Virgil writ? --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
- About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 3. When or that. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Since'
From: GCIDE
- Since \Since\, prep. From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming. --Gen. xxx. 30. [1913 Webster]
- I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Since'
From: GCIDE
- Since \Since\, conj. Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that. [1913 Webster]
- Since that my penitence comes after all, Imploring pardon. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed. --Granville. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Because; for; as; inasmuch as; considering. See Because. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'since'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aeons ago,
- after,
- after all,
- after that,
- afterwards,
- ages ago,
- ago,
- as,
- as long as,
- as things go,
- back,
- back when,
- backward,
- because,
- behind,
- being,
- being as how,
- below,
- cause,
- considering,
- ever since,
- ex post facto,
- following,
- for,
- forasmuch as,
- from away back,
- from time immemorial,
- gone by,
- in that,
- in the aftermath,
- in the sequel,
- inasmuch as,
- insofar as,
- insomuch as,
- into the past,
- later,
- long since,
- next,
- parce que,
- reminiscently,
- retroactively,
- retrospectively,
- seeing,
- seeing as how,
- seeing that,
- since long ago,
- since time began,
- subsequent to,
- subsequently,
- then,
- thereafter,
- thereon,
- thereupon,
- therewith,
- until now,
- whereas