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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone that comes before |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, former, precursor, previous, prior, prototype |
| Antonyms: | derivative, descendant, successor |
| Main Entry: | forefather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestor |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, ascendant, forebearer, patriarch, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor |
| Main Entry: | forerunner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, sign |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, announcement, antecedent, antecessor, augury, exemplar, foregoer, foreshadow, foretoken, forewarning, indication, mark, model, omen, pattern, portent, precursor, predecessor, premonition, presage, prognostic, prototype, sign, token, warning |
| Antonyms: | result |
| Main Entry: | mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female person who has borne children |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, child-bearer, creator, forebearer, mom, mommy, origin, parent, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, source |
| Antonyms: | father |
| Main Entry: | precursor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that precedes another |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, original, originator, parent, pioneer, predecessor, prototype |
| Main Entry: | prototype |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | original, example |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, archetype, criterion, first, forerunner, ideal, mock-up, model, norm, paradigm, pattern, precedent, precursor, predecessor, standard, type |
| Main Entry: | progenitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forebear |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, begetter, parent, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor |
| Main Entry: | ascendant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestor |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, ascendent, father, forbear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, mother, parent, predecessor, progenitor |
| Main Entry: | presager |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precursor |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, foreshadower, harbinger, herald, original*, originator, parent, pioneer, predecessor, prototype |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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