'antecedent' definitions:
Definition of 'antecedent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Preceding in time or order [ant: subsequent]
noun
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant, descendent]
noun
A preceding occurrence or cause or event
noun
Anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [syn: antecedent, forerunner]
noun
The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Synonyms of 'antecedent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agency,
- ancestor,
- ancestors,
- announcer,
- antecede,
- antecedents,
- antedate,
- anterior,
- anticipatory,
- ascendant,
- ascendants,
- avant-garde,
- base,
- basis,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- call,
- causation,
- cause,
- cause and effect,
- chief,
- ci-devant,
- determinant,
- determinative,
- earlier,
- early,
- elder,
- elders,
- element,
- etiology,
- exordial,
- explorer,
- factor,
- fathers,
- first,
- fore,
- forebear,
- forebears,
- forefather,
- forefathers,
- foregoer,
- foregoing,
- foremost,
- forerun,
- forerunner,
- former,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- grandfathers,
- grandparents,
- ground,
- groundbreaker,
- grounds,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- heading,
- headmost,
- herald,
- inaugural,
- initiatory,
- innovator,
- instrumentality,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- leading,
- means,
- messenger,
- occasion,
- older,
- pace,
- past,
- pathfinder,
- patriarchs,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- preceding,
- precessional,
- precurrent,
- precursor,
- precursory,
- predate,
- predecessor,
- predecessors,
- preexistent,
- prefatory,
- preliminary,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- premise,
- preparatory,
- prevenient,
- previous,
- prime,
- primogenitor,
- principle,
- prior,
- proemial,
- progenitor,
- progenitors,
- propaedeutic,
- prototype,
- reason,
- scout,
- senior,
- stimulus,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker