Definition of SOMETIME

sometime

Adjective Satellite

  • belonging to some prior time

Adverb

  • At an unspecified point in time, past or future.
  • at some indefinite or unstated time
    • "let's get together sometime"
    • "everything has to end sometime"
    • "It was to be printed sometime later"

Adv

  • At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
  • Sometimes.
  • At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.

Adj

  • Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
  • Occasional; intermittent.

Examples

  • an author and sometime lecturer
  • I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.
  • It happened sometime yesterday.
  • my sometime friend and mentor
  • Sometime soon, he hoped to achieve a perfect 800-point Words With Friends game.
  • This will certainly happen sometime in the future.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some + time.

Synonyms

erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, at one time, at some point, at some time, drekly, earlier, ex-, formerly, in the past, other, previous, sometime, somewhen, somewhere along the line, whenevs

Antonyms

at this point in time

Scrabble Score: 12

sometime: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sometime: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sometime: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

sometime: valid Words With Friends Word