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nounsomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"nounanything that precedes something similar in time
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nouna preceding occurrence or cause or eventtype of:
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adjectivepreceding in time or orderOpposite:
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nounthe referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronountype of:
Synonyms & Similar Words
father cause relative root relation prior sire ancestor preceding anterior forerunner ascendant forefather preexisting forbear progenitor referent anticipatory forebear ascendent ancestress primogenitor foremother temporal relation antecede pre-existing pre-existent preexistent prevenient antecedency antecedence