| Main Entry: | predecessor |
| 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: | father |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male person who begets children |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, begetter, dad, daddy, forebearer, origin, pa, padre, papa, parent, pop*, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, sire, source |
Antonyms: |
mother |
| 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 |