take a backseat to the former.
The opposite of latter is former.
Former is the first subject in the sentence, latter is the last (usually of two). "A car and a plane are both going to Houston, the latter arrives first." The latter is the plane, the former is the car.
It's my maiden name! It has two Chinese characters, the former means "red" and the latter means "feather".
Former and latter are words used to express a time or preference in a sentence. For example, "I can go to the store at noon or midnight, but I prefer the former." In this sentence the word 'former' is associated with 'noon' and the word 'latter' is associated with the word 'midnight.'
A antonym for "former" is "current" or "latter."
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Translated from the Latin, it means "happy is he who knows". The phrase rerum cognoscere causas means "happy is he who knows the cause of things". This latter phrase is from Virgil's "Georgics" written in 29 B.C.
Pterosaur comes from the Greek words "pteros" and "sauros". The former means "wing" and the latter means "lizard," so pterosaur means "winged lizard."
The difference between will and are going to do is that the former refers to the future or a later day while the latter means implies on the present.
The words biogenesis and abiogenesis are "science" words. The former means the creation of life from life, and the latter means the creation of life from non-life.
There is no completely accepted status quo, however "the center" or "middle" or "between" can be used if one wishes to remain with English words.Latter is derived from Latin, and therefore it would also be fitting to use the Latin word for middle, medius.
Current or present is the closest antonym for the word former.