Definition for Antecedent:

• Going before in time.

Synonyms for Antecedent:

• adj.

  •beginning (adjective)
  • Inceptive,
  • initiatory.
  •in the beginning (adjective)
  • early.
  •preceding (adjective)
  • precursory,
  • preliminary,
  • pre-existent,
  • Precursive,
  • forerunning.

• n.

  •
  • case,
  • allophone.
  •
  • earlier,
  • advance,
  • precede,
  • Fathers,
  • antecedents.
  •antecedent (noun)
  • root,
  • prevenient,
  • anticipatory,
  • preexistent.
  •cause (noun)
  • determinant,
  • causation.
  •motive (noun)
  • stimulus.
  •past (noun)
  • yesterday,
  • history,
  • yesteryear,
  • yore,
  • bygone days.
  •precursor (noun)
  • founder,
  • originator,
  • pioneer,
  • mother,
  • trailblazer,
  • scout,
  • avant-garde,
  • harbinger,
  • precursor.
  •prelude (noun)
  • introduction,
  • leading,
  • prelude.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • inflection,
  • sentence,
  • interrogative,
  • locution,
  • modifier,
  • adjunct,
  • partitive,
  • allomorph,
  • qualifier,
  • paradigm,
  • predicate,
  • possessive.
  •
  • negative,
  • ahead,
  • parent,
  • preface,
  • progenitor.
  •
  • plurality,
  • phrase.
  •
  • father.

Paraphrases for Antecedent:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    earlier, anterior, previous, prior.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    precursor, record.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    precedent, history.

Antonyms for Antecedent:

• adj.

  • all
    subsequent.
  • prior
    current, after, following, future, present.
  • Other antonyms:
    concluding, advanced, ultimate, closing, end, last, terminal, event, latest, late, final, latter, creation.

Homophones for Antecedent:

• antioxidant.

Hyponym for Antecedent:

• n.

  • communication
    referent.
  • event
    cause.
  • linkdef
    temporal relation.