Thesaurus:predecessor

English

Noun

Sense: any person or thing that immediately precedes another

Synonyms
  • ancient (obsolete)
  • antecessor (obsolete)
  • elder
  • foreganger (archaic, rare)
  • forerunner
  • precessor (obsolete)
  • predecessor
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Further reading

  • 64. precursor” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • predecessor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.