224 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pɹˈiːdɪsˌɛsə], [ pɹˈiːdɪsˌɛsə], [ p_ɹ_ˈiː_d_ɪ_s_ˌɛ_s_ə]

Similar words for predecessor:

• ascendant (noun)
• father (noun)
• forefather (noun)
• forerunner (noun)
• mother (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• person (noun)
• precursor (noun)
• presager (noun)
• prototype (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for predecessor

Hypernyms for predecessor

Hyponyms for predecessor

Synonyms for Predecessor:

• n.

  •
  • associate,
  • co-worker,
  • opposite number,
  • subordinate,
  • workmate,
  • superior,
  • colleague,
  • counterpart,
  • junior,
  • relief.
  •
  • retrospective,
  • early,
  • in retrospect,
  • date back to,
  • historically,
  • historical,
  • rewrite history,
  • the annals of something,
  • those were the days.
  •
  • precede.
  •
  • kin.
  • ascendant (noun)
  • fore mothers,
  • fore-mothers,
  • ascendents,
  • fore mother.
  • father (noun)
  • pa,
  • daddy,
  • Padres,
  • padre,
  • procreators,
  • Padri,
  • begetter,
  • daddies,
  • begetters,
  • Procreator,
  • pas.
  • forefather (noun)
  • fore-father,
  • fore fathers,
  • fore-fathers,
  • fore father.
  • forerunner (noun)
  • fore runners,
  • fore goer,
  • fore shadows,
  • pre monitions,
  • pre-monitions,
  • pre monition,
  • fore runner,
  • fore-runners,
  • fore-runner,
  • fore-shadow,
  • fore tokens,
  • foregoers,
  • fore-goer,
  • fore-goers,
  • pre sage,
  • fore-token,
  • fore goers,
  • fore-warnings,
  • fore shadow,
  • fore-warning,
  • fore token,
  • fore warnings,
  • fore-shadows,
  • fore-tokens,
  • pre-sage,
  • pre sages,
  • pre-monition,
  • pre-sages.
  • mother (noun)
  • child bearers,
  • childbearer,
  • child bearer,
  • childbearers,
  • child-bearers.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • mom,
  • foremothers,
  • foreshadowers,
  • primogenitor,
  • ascendant,
  • foreshadower,
  • forerunner,
  • portent,
  • exemplar,
  • Antecessor,
  • mommies,
  • forefathers,
  • mother,
  • antecessors,
  • progenitor,
  • mommy,
  • ascendent,
  • child-bearer,
  • foretokens,
  • Foregoer,
  • primogenitors,
  • Fore-mother,
  • forefather,
  • foremother,
  • prototype,
  • foretoken,
  • father.
  • person (noun)
  • predecessor.
  • precursor (noun)
  • trailblazer,
  • avant-garde,
  • harbinger,
  • forebear,
  • scout,
  • originator,
  • antecedent,
  • precursor,
  • precedent,
  • pioneer,
  • founder.
  • presager (noun)
  • pre sager,
  • fore shadowers,
  • fore shadower,
  • fore-shadowers,
  • pre-sager,
  • fore-shadower.
  • prototype (noun)
  • mock-ups,
  • mockup,
  • mock up,
  • mock-up,
  • FIRSTS.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • parent.
  • Other relevant words:
  • Heritance,
  • grouping,
  • legacy,
  • heritage,
  • Heirship,
  • order,
  • ancestry,
  • succession,
  • position,
  • placement,
  • hierarchy.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • frontierswoman,
  • Fathers,
  • envoy,
  • bushwhacker,
  • indication,
  • original,
  • front-runner,
  • colonist,
  • root,
  • archetype,
  • ensign,
  • foreboding,
  • forbear,
  • outrider,
  • bountiful,
  • pacemaker,
  • dawn,
  • sire,
  • pattern,
  • ancient,
  • Fugleman,
  • ascendants,
  • preceding,
  • former,
  • leader,
  • solution,
  • announcer,
  • point,
  • elder,
  • antecedents,
  • significant,
  • groundbreaker,
  • Prodromus,
  • pathfinder,
  • bygone,
  • messenger,
  • past,
  • stale,
  • patriarchs,
  • Vaunt-courier,
  • predecessors,
  • deceased,
  • vainglorious,
  • big,
  • grandparents,
  • granddaddy,
  • settler,
  • Buccinator,
  • expectant,
  • adult,
  • elders,
  • forebears,
  • bellwether,
  • innovator,
  • prodromos,
  • trailbreaker,
  • ancestors,
  • progenitors,
  • theme,
  • old,
  • vanguard,
  • stem,
  • omen,
  • boastful,
  • origin,
  • trumpeter,
  • herald,
  • elderly,
  • previous,
  • prodigious,
  • frontiersman,
  • stormy petrel,
  • sign,
  • explorer,
  • dead,
  • foregone,
  • voortrekker,
  • Avant-courier,
  • trend-setter,
  • guide,
  • gravid,
  • prodrome,
  • older,
  • stalking-horse,
  • etymon,
  • source,
  • prior,
  • grandfathers,
  • ancestor.

Paraphrases for Predecessor:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    forerunner.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    commissioners.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    foregoing, preceding, precursor, prior, progenitor.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ancestor, precedent, successor.

Hypernym for Predecessor:

• n.

  • person
    forefather.

Hyponym for Predecessor:

• n.

  • person
    forerunner, precursor.