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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Previous \Pre"vi*ous\, adjective [L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. See {Voyage}.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. --Thomson.
{Previous question}. (Parliamentary Practice) See under {Question}, and compare {Closure}.
{Previous to}, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. ''Previous to publication.'' --M. Arnold. ''A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710.'' --J. H. Newman.
Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
previous
adjective
1: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: {former(a)}, {late(a)}, {previous(a)}]
2: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: {previous(p)}, {premature}]
3: just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: {previous(a)}, {old}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "previous": a bit previous, above, advanced, aforementioned, aforesaid, ahead, ancient, ante, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, before, beforehand, ci-devant, earlier, early, elder, erstwhile, far ahead, first, fore, foregoing, former, forward, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, ill-considered, immemorial, impulsive, in advance, late, not firm, old, olden, older, once, onetime, overhasty, oversoon, past, precedent, preceding, precipitate, precocious, precurrent, preexistent, prehistoric, premature, previous to, prime, primeval, primitive, prior, prior to, quondam, recent, rushed, senior, sometime, soon, then, too early, too soon, uncrystallized, unjelled, unmatured, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprepared, unripe, untimely, whilom
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