Definition for Forerun:

• f[= o]r-run', v.t. to run or come before: to precede.-- n. FORERUN'NER, a runner or messenger sent before: a sign that something is to follow.

Synonyms for Forerun:

• n.

  •
  • foretell,
  • prognosticate,
  • presage,
  • forecast,
  • foresight,
  • show,
  • portend,
  • prefigure,
  • augur.

• v.

  •announce (verb)
  • indicate,
  • foreshow,
  • signal,
  • Forerun,
  • predict,
  • harbinger,
  • forebode,
  • signify.
  •antedate (verb)
  • backdate,
  • Anachronize,
  • pace,
  • date back,
  • predate,
  • antecede,
  • misdate.
  •herald (verb)
  • broadcast,
  • ballyhoo,
  • proclaim,
  • usher in,
  • promise,
  • advertise,
  • preindicate,
  • tout,
  • trumpet,
  • announce,
  • publicize,
  • declare,
  • pave the way,
  • publish.
  •preceded (verb)
  • Foreran,
  • anticipated,
  • headed off,
  • Introduced,
  • Preceded,
  • Antedated,
  • anteceded,
  • trail-blazed,
  • Pioneered,
  • predated.
  •presage (verb)
  • foresee,
  • omen,
  • sense,
  • betoken,
  • Forewarn,
  • Soothsay,
  • point to,
  • vaticinate,
  • warn,
  • feel,
  • prophesy,
  • divine,
  • intuit.
  •rank (verb)
  • take the lead,
  • stand,
  • be worth,
  • go ahead of,
  • be classed,
  • have the advantage,
  • belong,
  • count among.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • adumbrate,
  • bode,
  • foretoken.
  •
  • rank.
  •precede
  • pre-existing,
  • come first,
  • outrank,
  • outranks,
  • be ahead of,
  • heads up,
  • preexist,
  • timed,
  • outranked,
  • going before,
  • have a head start,
  • go in advance,
  • head up,
  • go before,
  • take precedence,
  • timing,
  • run ahead,
  • pre-exist,
  • foreshadowed,
  • in space,
  • ring in,
  • outranking,
  • headed up,
  • preexisting,
  • light the way.
  •rank
  • be long,
  • have advantage,
  • take lead.

Antonyms for Forerun:

• v.

  • announce
    be quiet, hide, withhold.
  • antedate
    predate.
  • precede
    follow, go after.