PREDECESSORS Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word predecessors. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PREDECESSORS
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ancestors | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||||
antecedents | nounn | |||||||
adjective • preceding in time or order noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) • a preceding occurrence or cause or event • anything that precedes something similar in time • the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | ||||||||
forebears | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended | ||||||||
forefathers | nounn | |||||||
noun • the founder of a family • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | ||||||||
forerunners | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone • anything that precedes something similar in time | ||||||||
precursors | nounn | |||||||
noun • a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | ||||||||
progenitors | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ancestor in the direct line | ||||||||
forerunner | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone • anything that precedes something similar in time | ||||||||
harbinger | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone verb • foreshadow or presage | ||||||||
herald | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (formal) a person who announces important news • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone verb • foreshadow or presage • praise vociferously • greet enthusiastically or joyfully | ||||||||
precursor | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |