POSTERITIES Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For POSTERITIES
| Expand? | Word | Save? | Synonyms.. | Usage | Type | |||
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| past | adverb, nounadv, n | |||||||
adjective • earlier than the present time; no longer current noun • the time that has elapsed • a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) • a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past adverb • so as to pass a given point adjective satellite • of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| elders | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who is older than you are • any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit • any of various church officers adjective satellite • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | ||||||||
| forebears | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| predecessors | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | ||||||||
| progenitors | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ancestor in the direct line | ||||||||
