See antecedent in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Going before:
advance, anterior, earlier, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See precedeJust gone by or elapsed:
anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See time
noun
One that precedes, as in time:
ancestor, forerunner, precursor, predecessor, progenitor. See precedeThat which produces an effect:
cause, occasion. See startA person from whom one is descended:
ancestor, ascendant, father, forebear, forefather, foremother, mother, parent, progenitor. (Archaic) predecessor. See kin, precede
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