Definition for Precedent:

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

Synonyms for Precedent:

• adj.

  •preceding (adjective)
  • prevenient,
  • pre-existent,
  • Precursive.

• n.

  •
  • award,
  • criterion,
  • example,
  • exemplar,
  • model,
  • pattern.
  •
  • action,
  • advance,
  • anterior,
  • earlier,
  • previous,
  • prior.
  •
  • archetype,
  • case,
  • foregoing,
  • instance,
  • past.
  •authoritative example (noun)
  • antecedent,
  • authority,
  • criterion,
  • exemplar,
  • instance,
  • model,
  • paradigm.
  •fashion (noun)
  • formula.
  •measure (noun)
  • criterion.
  •original (noun)
  • protoplast.
  •precedent (noun)
  • case in point,
  • case law,
  • common-law,
  • preceding.
  •precursor (noun)
  • ancestor,
  • antecedent,
  • avant-garde,
  • forebear,
  • forerunner,
  • founder,
  • harbinger,
  • mother,
  • originator,
  • pioneer,
  • precursor,
  • predecessor,
  • prototype,
  • scout,
  • Antecessor,
  • trailblazer,
  • foreshadower.
  •prototype (noun)
  • Antecessor.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • custom.
  •
  • ahead,
  • fashion.
  •
  • past.
  •
  • advance.
  •Other relevant words:
  • above,
  • action,
  • advance,
  • advanced,
  • aforementioned,
  • aforesaid,
  • ahead,
  • ahead of time,
  • along,
  • already,
  • ancestor,
  • announcer,
  • ante,
  • antecedently,
  • anterior,
  • anticipatory,
  • antitype,
  • archetype,
  • authority,
  • authorization,
  • award,
  • away,
  • before,
  • beforehand,
  • bellwether,
  • beyond,
  • biotype,
  • bushwhacker,
  • case,
  • case in point,
  • case law,
  • causality,
  • causation,
  • chief,
  • cite,
  • command,
  • common-law,
  • condemnation,
  • conformity,
  • consideration,
  • constancy,
  • control,
  • criterion,
  • custom,
  • dawn,
  • decision,
  • decree,
  • deliverance,
  • designer,
  • determination,
  • diagnosis,
  • dictum,
  • direction,
  • directly,
  • dominion,
  • doom,
  • earlier,
  • elucidate,
  • epitome,
  • event,
  • exactness,
  • example,
  • exemplar,
  • exemplification,
  • exemplify,
  • explain,
  • explorer,
  • fashion,
  • finding,
  • first,
  • fore,
  • foreboding,
  • foregoing,
  • foregone,
  • foremost,
  • form,
  • former,
  • formerly,
  • formula,
  • forth,
  • forward,
  • forwards,
  • front-runner,
  • frontiersman,
  • genotype,
  • groove,
  • guidance,
  • guide,
  • habitude,
  • heading,
  • herald,
  • ideal,
  • illustrate,
  • illustration,
  • immediately,
  • in advance,
  • in front,
  • in the lead,
  • inaugural,
  • inchoate,
  • initiatory,
  • innovator,
  • instance,
  • institute,
  • introductory,
  • keynote,
  • last,
  • lately,
  • law,
  • lead,
  • leader,
  • leadership,
  • leading,
  • messenger,
  • mirror,
  • model,
  • module,
  • mold,
  • mould,
  • occurrence,
  • onward,
  • onwards,
  • order,
  • original,
  • originally,
  • out front,
  • outline,
  • outrider,
  • paradigm,
  • past,
  • pathfinder,
  • pattern,
  • point,
  • precautionary,
  • precedence,
  • preceding,
  • precursory,
  • prefatory,
  • preliminary,
  • premise,
  • preparative,
  • preparatory,
  • presently,
  • prevenient,
  • previous,
  • previously,
  • prior,
  • prodrome,
  • prognosis,
  • pronouncement,
  • protoplast,
  • provident,
  • provisional,
  • punctuality,
  • quote,
  • reference,
  • regularity,
  • regulation,
  • representative,
  • resolution,
  • routine,
  • rule,
  • ruling,
  • rut,
  • said,
  • sample,
  • scantling,
  • sentence,
  • shortly,
  • soon,
  • specimen,
  • stalking-horse,
  • standard,
  • standing order,
  • stormy petrel,
  • system,
  • tentative,
  • test case,
  • touchstone,
  • type,
  • type species,
  • type specimen,
  • uniformity,
  • usance,
  • vanguard,
  • verdict,
  • warrant,
  • yardstick,
  • Avant-courier,
  • Buccinator,
  • Ensample,
  • Foregoer,
  • Fugleman,
  • Headmost,
  • Red-tapism,
  • Vaunt-courier,
  • groundbreaker,
  • pre-existent,
  • pre-existing,
  • Precessional,
  • Precursive,
  • Preludial,
  • Preludious,
  • Prelusive,
  • Prelusory,
  • Prodromous,
  • Prodromus,
  • Proemial,
  • forebears,
  • precedents,
  • ANON,
  • trailbreaker,
  • Before-mentioned,
  • in anticipation,
  • even tenor,
  • going before,
  • the fore,
  • red-tape,
  • abovementioned,
  • prepublication,
  • appeal to authority,
  • urtext,
  • voortrekker,
  • prodromos.

Antonyms for Precedent:

• adj.

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