Thesaurus:predecessor

Thesaurus:predecessor

THESAURUS

predecessor

English

Synonyms

• ancient (obsolete)

• antecessor (obsolete)

• elder

• foreganger (archaic, rare)

• forerunner

• precessor (obsolete)

• predecessor

Antonyms

• successor    [WS]

Hyponyms

• ancestor    [WS]

• predecessoress (rare)

•   —

• foreking

• preregnant

Hypernyms

• precursor    [WS]

Further reading

• “64. precursor” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “predecessor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.