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[ adjective ] (combining form) former

Examples

"an ex-president"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Ex Oriole Clint_Courtney , now catching for the A 's is all for the American_League 's 1961 expansion to the West_Coast .

Related terms

past

2
[ noun ] a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband

Synonyms

ex-husband

Related terms

man

3
[ adjective ] out of fashion

Synonyms

antique outmoded old-fashioned old-hat passe passee demode

Examples

"a suit of rather antique appearance" "demode (or outmoded) attire" "outmoded ideas"

Related terms

unfashionable

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[ noun ] a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife

Synonyms

exwife

Examples

"all his exes live in Texas"

Related terms

woman

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Rhymes with

x x. necks beck's wrecks next sex vex flecks flex specks specs annex effects apex annex amex ibex effects perplex respects convex complex index telex latex silex vertex simplex duplex cortex reflex convex vortex complex unisex cybersex multiplex

Phonetic and Homophones

EH1 K S X  x.  eckes

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Exie

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