| Beforehand 1. (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. 2. (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime. 3. (a.) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. Thesaurus Entries ahead, ahead of time, anachronistic, ante, antedated, before, beforetime, behind time, behindhand, betimes, dated, earlier, early, fore, foredated, foresightedly, forward, in advance, in anticipation, late, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, out of date, out of season, overdue, parachronistic, past due, postdated, precociously, previous, prochronistic, sooner, tardy, unpunctual, unseasonable |