Heretofore is an adverb meaning 'until now' or 'up to this point.' It can be used to refer to a period of time in the past, or to describe something that has happened up until the present. The crossword solutions for the term Heretofore include ONCE (4 letters), BEFORE (6 letters), ALREADY (7 letters), EARLIER (7 letters), PRECEDING (9 letters), PREVIOUSLY (10 letters), FORMERLY (8 letters), AGO (3 letters), SOFAR (5 letters), ERENOW (6 letters), ABOVE (5 letters), HITHERTO (8 letters), ERE (3 letters), YET (3 letters), and ASYET (5 letters). All of these words are synonyms for Heretofore and can be used to describe something that has happened in the past or up until the present.