What is another word for precedent?
264 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹˈɛsɪdənt], [ pɹˈɛsɪdənt], [ p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_d_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for precedent:- all (adjective)
- antecedent (adjective)
- foregoing (adjective)
- past (adjective)
- preceding (adjective)
- previous (adjective)
- prior (adjective)
- ahead (adverb)
- authoritative example (noun)
- case in point (noun)
- case law (noun)
- criterion (noun)
- custom (noun)
- example (noun)
- fashion (noun)
- habitualness (noun)
- instance (noun)
- institute (noun)
- law (noun)
- original (noun)
- precursor (noun)
- prototype (noun)
- rule (noun)
- test case (noun)
- touchstone (noun)
- other synonyms
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Synonyms for Precedent:
adj.
•all (adjective) •antecedent (adjective) •foregoing (adjective)- fore-going,
- more aforementioned,
- most above,
- most aforestated,
- most aforementioned,
- more above,
- fore going,
- more aforestated.
adv.
•ahead (adverb)n.
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- bar,
- charge,
- acquit,
- call for,
- award,
- pattern,
- bring in a verdict,
- citation,
- acquittal,
- annul,
- model.
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- appeal,
- class action,
- committal,
- precede,
- court-martial,
- earlier,
- action,
- dissent,
- advance,
- court.
- de-sign,
- de-signs,
- in to,
- unwritten rules,
- matter course,
- pre-cept,
- de sign,
- pre cept,
- de signs,
- inheritences.
- p's.
- de-tail,
- de-tails,
- in stances,
- in stance,
- in-stances,
- re-presentative,
- de tail,
- re presentative,
- de tails,
- in-stance.
- be-hest,
- be-hests,
- due processes,
- jurisprudences,
- in junctions,
- in-junctions,
- be hest,
- in-junction,
- be hests,
- in junction.
Other synonyms:
•adj.- preceding,
- preliminary,
- aforementioned,
- antecedent,
- anterior,
- ex,
- foregoing,
- past,
- precursory,
- previous,
- prior,
- preexisting,
- pre-existing,
- EXER,
- aforestated.
- ahead,
- antecedently,
- in the lead,
- onwards,
- in the foreground,
- at an advantage,
- at the head,
- to the fore.
- 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.
Paraphrases for Precedent:
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
preceding.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
previous.
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Noun, singular or mass
jurisprudence, precedence, antecedent, predecessor, precondition, practice, example, previous, tradition.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Precedent:
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adj.