| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | earlier than |
| Synonyms: | ahead of, ante, antecedent to, anterior to, ere, in advance of, in front of, preceding, previous to, prior to, since |
| Antonyms: | after, afterward, behind, later |
| Main Entry: | preparatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | introductory, basic |
| Synonyms: | before, elementary, in advance of, in anticipation of, inductive, opening, precautionary, prefatory, preliminary, prelusive, prep, preparative, previous, primary, prior to |
| Antonyms: | auxiliary, supplementary |
| Main Entry: | until |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | just before |
| Synonyms: | as far as, before, before the coming, continuously, down to, in advance of, in expectation, prior to, till, to, up till, up to |
| Main Entry: | ahead of |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in front of |
| Synonyms: | before, in advance of |
| Main Entry: | before |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
Related
Adjectives: |
before, aforesaid, ante-jentacular, antecedaneous, antecedent, antecibal, antelucan, antepaschal, anteprandial, anterior, antevenient, before mentioned, epiclimactically, fore, foregoing, former, front, head-on, inaugural, inferoanterior, introductory, isagogic, preagonal, precedent, preceding, precibal, precursive, precursory, predormient, prefatory, prelapsarian, preliminary, preludious, prelusive, prelusory, premundane, preparatory, preprandial, prevenient, prior, probouleutic, prodromous, proemial, propaedeutic, said, vanward, wraparound
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