Synonyms for Preceding:

• adj.

  •aforesaid (adjective)
  • spoken earlier,
  • mentioned earlier,
  • spoken of earlier.
  •all (adjective)
  • preceding.
  •antecedent (adjective)
  • most precedent,
  • most precursory,
  • more precedent,
  • more precursory,
  • pre-cursory,
  • pre cursory.
  •earlier, above (adjective)
  • introductory,
  • heretofore,
  • head,
  • forerunning,
  • precedent,
  • one time,
  • Pioneering,
  • prevenient,
  • pioneer,
  • prodromal,
  • supra,
  • preliminary,
  • forward,
  • lead,
  • Precursive.
  •early (adjective)
  • recent,
  • soonest,
  • initial,
  • primeval,
  • a bit previous,
  • Proleptical.
  •erstwhile (adjective)
  • by-gone,
  • exest,
  • most sometime,
  • more sometime,
  • by gone.
  •foregoing (adjective)
  • fore-going,
  • most above,
  • most aforementioned,
  • fore going,
  • more above,
  • most aforestated,
  • more aforestated,
  • more aforementioned.
  •former (adjective)
  • de-parted,
  • Whilom,
  • most ex,
  • more ex-,
  • more whilom,
  • more ex,
  • most ex-,
  • most whilom,
  • de parted.
  •in the beginning (adjective)
  • early.
  •late (adjective)
  • exanimate.
  •older (adjective)
  • firstborn,
  • of an earlier time,
  • first-born,
  • of a former period.
  •past (adjective)
  • gone by,
  • time was,
  • gone-by,
  • ages ago,
  • behind one,
  • back when,
  • down memory lane,
  • Latterday,
  • olden days,
  • long-ago,
  • way back when,
  • way back,
  • good old days.
  •preceding (adjective)
  • anteceding,
  • avant-garde.
  •preliminary (adjective)
  • more pilot,
  • more exploratory,
  • pre paring,
  • more preparing,
  • most readying,
  • most exploratory,
  • most qualifying,
  • pre-paring,
  • more opening,
  • more inductive,
  • testest,
  • most opening,
  • more readying,
  • most pilot,
  • most preparing,
  • most inductive,
  • more qualifying.
  •prior (adjective)
  • more ahead,
  • more above-mentioned,
  • more before,
  • more above mentioned,
  • more abovementioned,
  • pre existent,
  • most above-mentioned,
  • more preexisting,
  • most preexisting,
  • most ahead,
  • pre existing,
  • most before,
  • most above mentioned,
  • most abovementioned,
  • more preexistent,
  • most preexistent.
  •quondam (adjective)
  • old time,
  • oldtime.

• adv.

  •ahead (adverb)
  • to fore,
  • fore-most,
  • leading,
  • be-forehand,
  • in lead,
  • in foreground,
  • Precedently,
  • fore most,
  • pre-ceding,
  • be forehand,
  • at advantage,
  • the fore,
  • at head,
  • pre ceding.
  •early (adverb)
  • bright early,
  • pre-maturely,
  • un expectedly,
  • ahead time,
  • on dot,
  • un-expectedly,
  • over-soon,
  • over soon.

• adv

  •early (adverb)
  • in good time,
  • in time,
  • in the bud,
  • with time to spare,
  • bright and early,
  • in bud,
  • far ahead,
  • too soon,
  • on the dot,
  • on short notice,
  • in advance,
  • Oversoon,
  • before long.

• n.

  •
  • first,
  • barely,
  • Since,
  • by the time.
  •
  • advance,
  • precede.
  •
  • time.
  •
  • last.
  •antecedent (noun)
  • study at previousprevious,
  • ahead of,
  • above,
  • preparatory,
  • afore-mentioned,
  • Before-mentioned,
  • above-mentioned,
  • Above-cited,
  • already indicated,
  • prefatory,
  • above-named,
  • previously mentioned,
  • other,
  • aforeknown.
  •anticipatory (noun)
  • anticipatory.
  •outgoing (noun)
  • outgoing.
  •prefatorial (noun)
  • prefatorial.
  •prelude (noun)
  • introduction,
  • prelude.
  •premedical (noun)
  • premedical.
  •preparative (noun)
  • preparative.
  •pretrial (noun)
  • pretrial.
  •previous time (noun)
  • antecedence,
  • priority.
  •propaedeutic (noun)
  • propaedeutic.

• v.

  •preceding (verb)
  • Anticipating,
  • Antedating,
  • foreshadowing,
  • heading off,
  • Introducing,
  • trail-blazing,
  • predating.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • preterit.
  •
  • up to.
  •pronounced
  • said.

Paraphrases for Preceding:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    preceeding, previous, pervious.
  • Proper noun, singular
    previous.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    previous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    pre-existing, aforementioned, recent, unprecedented, elapsed, pre-conflict, preliminary, abovementioned, outgoing, pre-test.
  • Proper noun, singular
    precedent, precedents.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    predecessor, precedent.
  • Verb, past tense
    Came, Followed, started.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    predating, concluding, pre-empting, Prejudging, Anticipating, pre-dating, comparing, advancing, exceeding, implementation, pending, Antedating, beginning, leading, intervening, screening, closing, Extending, Carrying, substituting, operating, breaking, Having, facing, running, dating, preceeding, outgoing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    proceeds, begins.

Antonyms for Preceding:

• adj.

  • all
    succeeding.
  • earlier, above
    back, last, later, after, below, unimportant, inferior, following.
  • Other antonyms:
    consequent, advanced, posterior, ensuing, latter, hinder, ultimate, subsequent, concluding, closing, terminal, incoming, hind, late, latest, hindmost, final.