What is another word for predecessor?
Pronunciation:
[ pɹˈiːdɪsˌɛsə], [ pɹˈiːdɪsˌɛsə], [ p_ɹ_ˈiː_d_ɪ_s_ˌɛ_s_ə]
Synonyms for Predecessor:
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n.
• ascendant • father- Padres ,
- Padri ,
- Procreator ,
- begetter ,
- begetters ,
- daddies ,
- pa ,
- padre ,
- pas ,
- procreators .
- fore goer ,
- fore goers ,
- fore runner ,
- fore runners ,
- fore shadow ,
- fore shadows ,
- fore token ,
- fore tokens ,
- fore warnings ,
- fore-goer ,
- fore-goers ,
- fore-runner ,
- fore-runners ,
- fore-shadow ,
- fore-shadows ,
- fore-token ,
- fore-tokens ,
- fore-warning ,
- fore-warnings ,
- foregoers ,
- pre monition ,
- pre monitions ,
- pre sage ,
- pre sages ,
- pre-monition ,
- pre-monitions ,
- pre-sage ,
- pre-sages .
Other synonyms:
- foremother .
- forefather ,
- parent ,
- progenitor .
- precede .
Other relevant words:
- Heirship ,
- Heritance ,
- ancestry ,
- grouping ,
- heritage ,
- hierarchy ,
- legacy ,
- order ,
- placement ,
- position ,
- succession .
- Avant-courier ,
- Buccinator ,
- Fathers ,
- Foregoer ,
- Fugleman ,
- Prodromus ,
- Vaunt-courier ,
- adult ,
- ancestor ,
- ancestors ,
- ancient ,
- announcer ,
- antecedents ,
- archetype ,
- ascendants ,
- associate ,
- bellwether ,
- big ,
- boastful ,
- bountiful ,
- bushwhacker ,
- bygone ,
- co-worker ,
- colleague ,
- colonist ,
- counterpart ,
- daddy ,
- dawn ,
- dead ,
- deceased ,
- early ,
- elder ,
- elderly ,
- elders ,
- ensign ,
- envoy ,
- etymon ,
- expectant ,
- explorer ,
- forbear ,
- forebears ,
- foreboding ,
- forefathers ,
- foregone ,
- former ,
- front-runner ,
- frontiersman ,
- frontierswoman ,
- granddaddy ,
- grandfathers ,
- grandparents ,
- gravid ,
- groundbreaker ,
- guide ,
- herald ,
- historical ,
- historically ,
- indication ,
- innovator ,
- junior ,
- leader ,
- messenger ,
- old ,
- older ,
- omen ,
- origin ,
- original ,
- outrider ,
- pacemaker ,
- past ,
- pathfinder ,
- patriarchs ,
- pattern ,
- point ,
- preceding ,
- predecessors ,
- previous ,
- primogenitor ,
- prior ,
- prodigious ,
- prodrome ,
- prodromos ,
- progenitors ,
- relief ,
- retrospective ,
- root ,
- settler ,
- sign ,
- significant ,
- sire ,
- solution ,
- source ,
- stale ,
- stalking-horse ,
- stem ,
- stormy petrel ,
- subordinate ,
- superior ,
- theme ,
- trailbreaker ,
- trend-setter ,
- trumpeter ,
- vainglorious ,
- vanguard ,
- voortrekker ,
- workmate .
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How to use "Predecessor" in context?
Predecessor refers to somebody or something who came before or who influenced the origin or development of another person, thing or event. In grammar, a predecessor is a word used to describe someone or something that comes before or goes along with something else in time. For example, the predecessor of a book is the paper it was written on.
Predecessor can also be used as a noun to describe someone or something that comes before in a particular order. For example, John is the predecessor of George as the British Prime Minister. George is the predecessor of Theresa as the current British Prime Minister.
Paraphrases for Predecessor:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
forerunner.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
commissioners.
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Noun, singular or mass
foregoing, preceding, precursor, prior, progenitor.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
Hyponym for Predecessor:
n.
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person
forerunner, precursor.
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person
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