Antecedent Synonyms and Antonyms

ăntĭ-sēdnt
Just gone by or elapsed
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. anterior
  2. earlier
  3. foregoing
  4. former
  5. past
  6. precedent
  7. preceding
  8. previous
  9. prior
  10. exordial
  11. precurrent
That which produces an effect
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cause
  2. occasion
A person from whom one is descended
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ancestor
  2. ascendant
  3. father
  4. forebear
  5. forefather
  6. foremother
  7. mother
  8. parent
  9. progenitor
  10. predecessor
  11. ascendent
  12. root
A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cause

Words Related to Antecedent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Antecedent Sentence Examples

  • We should expect the albuminous state of the seed to be an antecedent one to the exalbuminous condition, and the recent discoveries in fertilization tend to confirm this view.

  • It was of course antecedent to the discovery of auscultation.

  • The most obvious antecedent for "this" is Jesus Christ.

  • It needs not distillation, but expansion and illustration from contemporary and antecedent thought and literature.

  • Much depends upon its antecedent magnetic condition, and indeed upon its whole magnetic history.

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