Definition for Precedent:

• Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

Synonyms for Precedent:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • precedent.
  •antecedent (adjective)
  • most precursory,
  • pre cursory,
  • more precedent,
  • more precursory,
  • pre-cursory,
  • most precedent.
  •foregoing (adjective)
  • fore-going,
  • more aforementioned,
  • most above,
  • most aforestated,
  • most aforementioned,
  • more above,
  • fore going,
  • more aforestated.
  •past (adjective)
  • gone by,
  • over and done,
  • forgotten.
  •preceding (adjective)
  • prodromal,
  • pre-existent,
  • Precursive,
  • supra,
  • preexistent,
  • aforeknown,
  • prevenient,
  • forerunning,
  • one time.
  •previous (adjective)
  • most sometime,
  • exest,
  • more sometime.
  •prior (adjective)
  • more preexisting,
  • more ahead,
  • most preexisting,
  • pre existing,
  • most ahead.

• adv.

  •ahead (adverb)
  • be-forehand,
  • fore-most,
  • in foreground,
  • fore most,
  • at head,
  • to fore,
  • be forehand,
  • in lead,
  • at advantage.

• n.

  •
  • bar,
  • charge,
  • acquit,
  • call for,
  • award,
  • pattern,
  • bring in a verdict,
  • citation,
  • acquittal,
  • annul,
  • model.
  •
  • appeal,
  • class action,
  • committal,
  • precede,
  • court-martial,
  • earlier,
  • action,
  • dissent,
  • advance,
  • court.
  •
  • template,
  • time,
  • archetype,
  • case,
  • the personification of something,
  • stereotype.
  •authoritative example (noun)
  • authority.
  •case in point (noun)
  • typical case,
  • typical example,
  • relevant instance.
  •case law (noun)
  • non-statutory law.
  •criterion (noun)
  • point comparison.
  •custom (noun)
  • de-sign,
  • de-signs,
  • in to,
  • unwritten rules,
  • matter course,
  • pre-cept,
  • de sign,
  • pre cept,
  • de signs,
  • inheritences.
  •example (noun)
  • re presentations,
  • re-presentations,
  • ex ample,
  • ex-ample,
  • kind thing,
  • re presentation.
  •fashion (noun)
  • formula.
  •habitualness (noun)
  • p's.
  •original (noun)
  • protoplast.
  •precursor (noun)
  • predecessor,
  • forebear,
  • foreshadower,
  • originator,
  • Antecessor,
  • founder,
  • scout,
  • forerunner,
  • ancestor,
  • trailblazer,
  • avant-garde,
  • precursor,
  • pioneer,
  • mother,
  • harbinger.
  •prototype (noun)
  • FIRSTS,
  • mockup,
  • mock up,
  • mock-ups,
  • mock-up,
  • antecessors.
  •rule (noun)
  • no no's,
  • nono,
  • nono's,
  • no nos,
  • chapter verse,
  • the number,
  • decretions,
  • the books,
  • brocards.
  •test case (noun)
  • first case,
  • first occurrence,
  • crucial test.
  •touchstone (noun)
  • Lydian stone,
  • Basanite.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • preceding,
  • preliminary,
  • aforementioned,
  • antecedent,
  • anterior,
  • ex,
  • foregoing,
  • past,
  • precursory,
  • previous,
  • prior,
  • preexisting,
  • pre-existing,
  • EXER,
  • aforestated.
  •adv
  • ahead,
  • antecedently,
  • in the lead,
  • onwards,
  • in the foreground,
  • at an advantage,
  • at the head,
  • to the fore.
  •adv.
  • leading,
  • Precedently,
  • the fore.
  •n.
  • baseline,
  • bylaw,
  • case in point,
  • case law,
  • civil law,
  • common-law,
  • conventionalism,
  • criterion,
  • custom,
  • due process,
  • equity,
  • etiquette,
  • example,
  • exemplar,
  • exemplification,
  • exponent,
  • fashion,
  • for instance,
  • formality,
  • grind,
  • guideline,
  • habitude,
  • illustration,
  • instance,
  • institute,
  • inti,
  • jurisprudence,
  • law,
  • lesson,
  • original,
  • paradigm,
  • prototype,
  • ps,
  • representative,
  • rule,
  • same,
  • subject,
  • test case,
  • topic,
  • touchstone,
  • unwritten law,
  • usance,
  • Brocard,
  • Decretion,
  • P,
  • Re-presentation,
  • hang up,
  • bylaws,
  • Reg,
  • Normalities,
  • keynotes,
  • REGS,
  • habitualness,
  • keystones,
  • samplings,
  • lessons,
  • no-no,
  • point of comparison,
  • folkways,
  • beaten path,
  • beaten paths,
  • conventionalisms,
  • decretum,
  • established way,
  • established ways,
  • exemplifications,
  • folkway,
  • hangup,
  • inheritence,
  • no-no's,
  • the book,
  • the numbers,
  • unwritten rule,
  • wonts,
  • common law,
  • kind of thing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • before,
  • theme.

Paraphrases for Precedent:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    preceding.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    case-law, record, pre-condition, foregoing, precursor, caselaw, preceding, prelude, principle.
  • Verb, past tense
    Envisaged, foresaw.
  • Verb, past participle
    Preceded, Screened.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    previous.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    jurisprudence, precedence, antecedent, predecessor, precondition, practice, example, previous, tradition.

Antonyms for Precedent:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    following, effect, issue, last, end, final, after, late, latter, product, consequence, advanced, terminal, ensuing, creation, later, outgrowth, result, latest, posterior, event, closing, fruit, subsequent, concluding, outcome, ultimate, development, succeeding.

Precedent Sentence Examples:

• The precedent was a bad one, and led to all sorts of attempts by other houses to procure for themselves the like privilege.

• This dogma is a little startling, but it is not altogether without precedent.

Hyponym for Precedent:

• n.

  • communication
    theme, topic, subject.