Forerunner synonyms

fôr'rŭn'ər

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precursor
One that precedes another; a forerunner or predecessor:
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pioneer
A person who goes before, preparing the way for others, as an early settler or a scientist doing exploratory work
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predecessor
The definition of a predecessor is someone who came before another person.
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harbinger
One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.
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antecedent
An antecedent is a part of a sentence that is later replaced by a pronoun.
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ancestor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
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prototype
The definition of a prototype is the original model.
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foregoer
(Historical) A purveyor of the king, who provided for his household.
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forebear
A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
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vanguard
The part of an army which goes ahead of the main body; the van
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trailblazer
A person who blazes a trail
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presager
One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder.
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foreshadower
One who or that which foreshadows.
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foretoken
A prophetic sign; omen; prognostic
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sign
A posted notice bearing a designation, direction, or command:
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portent
(Archaic) Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.
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prognostic
A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease.
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messenger (related)
(Nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
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antecessor
(Rare) A predecessor
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augury
An omen; portent; indication
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avant-courier
A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.
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avant-garde
The leading position or persons in new or unconventional movements, esp. in the arts; vanguard
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forefather
Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.
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omen
The definition of an omen is something that is believed to predict the future.
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originator
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
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prelude
(Music) A piece or movement that serves as an introduction to another section or composition and establishes the key, such as one that precedes a fugue, opens a suite, or precedes a church service.
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premonitor
One who, or that which, gives premonition.
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progenitor
(Biology) An ancestral form of a species
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symptom
A subjective indication of a disorder or disease, such as pain, nausea or weakness. Symptoms may be accompanied by objective signs of disease such as abnormal laboratory test results or findings during a physical examination.
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warning
A statement telling of or an indication providing evidence of impending danger, difficulty, or misfortune:
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result (antonym)
The consequence or consequences desired
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prefigurement
That which is prefigured.
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presage
An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.
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prognostication
A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
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herald
A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
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writing (or handwriting) on the wall
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precede (related)
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
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foresight (related)
The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
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warn (related)
A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil
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show (related)
A display; a manifestation:
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Forerunner Sentence Examples

  • But this alliance, like its forerunner, was of very short duration.

  • The Icelandic colony was an interesting forerunner of the American republic, having a prosperous population living under a republican government, and maintaining an independent national spirit for nearly four centuries.

  • If we add to this logic of " idea," judgment and inference, a doctrine of categories in the modern sense of the word which makes the Theaetetus, in which it first occurs, a forerunner of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, we have clearly a very significant contribution to logic even in technical regard.

  • Shortly afterwards this committee became the "International Association of the Congo," which in its turn was the forerunner of the Congo Free State.

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