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Main Entry: precursor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something that indicates outcome or event beforehand

Synonyms:

forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, outrider, usher, vanguard
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
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Precursor.
Category: 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER

Synonyms:

-nouns
precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur, pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, voorlooper, voortrekker., prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos, protasis, proemium, prolusion, proem, prolepsis, prolegomena, prefix, introduction; heading, frontispiece, groundwork; preparation; overture, exordium, symphony; premises., prefigurement; omen.
-adjectives
precursory; prelusive, prelusory, preludious; proemial, introductory, prefatory, prodromous, inaugural, preliminary; precedent (prior).
-phrases
"a precedent embalms a principle" [Disraeli].

Antonyms:

sequel
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Main Entry: ancestor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: predecessor in family

Synonyms:

antecedent, antecessor, ascendant, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, founder, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor

Antonyms:

descendant
Main Entry: ancestry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: family predecessors; family history

Synonyms:

ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock
Main Entry: augury
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: omen

Synonyms:

auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning
Notes: omen has a negative connotation, a connotation absent from the word augury; generally, augury bodes well for the future, an omen bodes ill
Main Entry: forebearer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: family predecessor

Synonyms:

ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, author, begetter, forerunner, founder, materfamilias, matriarch, originator, parent, paterfamilias, patriarch, precursor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor, relative, sire
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: messenger, herald

Synonyms:

advertiser, advocate, ancestor, announcer, author, envoy, forebearer, foregoer, harbinger, initiator, originator, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prognostic, prototype
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
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