SUPERCLASS Synonyms

• preceding in time or order

• 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

• a person from whom you are descended

• the founder of a family

• person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

• 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

• referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

• the first of two or the first mentioned of two

• belonging to some prior time

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• belonging to the distant past

• 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

• one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

• an ancestor in the direct line

• the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

• earlier in time

• an ancestor in the direct line

• a standard or typical example

• a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

• the founder of a family

• male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

• make (offspring) by reproduction