'Precursory' definitions:
Definition of 'precursory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Warning of future misfortune [syn: precursory, premonitory]
Definition of 'Precursory'
From: GCIDE
- Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, a. [L. praecursorius.] Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Precursory'
From: GCIDE
- Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, n. An introduction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'precursory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antecedent,
- anterior,
- augural,
- chief,
- exordial,
- first,
- foreboding,
- foregoing,
- foremost,
- forerunning,
- foreshadowing,
- foreshowing,
- foretokening,
- forewarning,
- heading,
- headmost,
- heavy with meaning,
- inaugural,
- indicative,
- initiatory,
- intuitive,
- leading,
- meaningful,
- monitory,
- portentous,
- precautional,
- precautionary,
- precedent,
- preceding,
- precessional,
- precursive,
- predictive,
- prefatory,
- prefigurative,
- preindicative,
- preliminary,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- premonitory,
- preparatory,
- presageful,
- presaging,
- prevenient,
- prior,
- prodromal,
- prodromic,
- proemial,
- prognostic,
- prognosticative,
- propaedeutic,
- significant,
- warning