forego
1 of 2verb (1)
fore·go fȯr-ˈgō 
forewent fȯr-ˈwent ; foregone fȯr-ˈgȯn
; foregone fȯr-ˈgȯn also -ˈgän
; foregoing fȯr-ˈgō-iŋ -ˈgȯ(-)iŋ
transitive verb
: to go before : precede
The story of his mishap forewent him.
foregoer
fȯr-ˈgō-ər
noun forego
2 of 2verb (2)
fore·go
less common spelling of forgo
transitive verb
1
: to give up the enjoyment or advantage of : do without
never forwent an opportunity of honest profit
R. L. Stevenson
R. L. Stevensondecided to forgo dessert for a few days
2
archaic : forsake
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- antecede
- antedate
- precede
- predate
- preexist
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
First Known Use
Verb (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
forego
variant of forgo
foregoer
noun
1
as in precursor
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another a nearly November snowfall that appears to be a disconcerting foregoer of the harsh winter facing us Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- precursor
- forerunner
- sign
- herald
- angel
- symptom
- harbinger
- outrider
- blazoner
- foretaste
- foreboder
- advertiser
- foreshadower
- messenger
- runner
- announcer
- courier
- forewarning
- foreshadowing
- omen
- portent
- crier
- prefiguring
- presage
- proclaimer
- foreboding
- boding
- bellwether
- augury
- auspice
- mark
2
as in forerunner
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed not many people still have manual typewriters, the foregoers to word processors Synonyms & Similar Words
- forerunner
- precursor
- ancestor
- prototype
- daddy
- predecessor
- antecedent
- original
- mother
- granddaddy
- grandaddy
- model
- originator
- archetype
- father
- sire
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- descendant
- descendent
- daughter
- son
- derivative
- outgrowth
- offshoot
- by-product
- spin-off