nnoun.personsomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)Synset:ancestor ascendant ascendent root
Antonyms:descendant
Derivationally Related Form:ancestralantecedent
Hypernyms:relation relative
Inherited Hypernyms:ancestorrelativepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:ancestorrelativepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:ancestressfatherforbearforebearforefatherforemotherprimogenitorprogenitorsire
Full Hyponyms:adoptive parentancestressantediluviandadempty nesterfatherfather-in-lawfilicideforebearforefatherforemothergenitorgrandfathergrandmagrandparentgreat grandfathergreat grandmothergreat grandparentjacobmamatermothermother-in-lawnanold manparentpaterpatriarchprimiparaprogenitorpuerperaquadriparaquintiparasimeonstepfatherstepmotherstepparentsupermomsurrogate mother
nnoun.eventa preceding occurrence or cause or eventDerivationally Related Form:antecedentantecede
Hypernyms:cause
Inherited Hypernyms:antecedentcauseoriginbeginninghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.relationanything that precedes something similar in timeSynset:forerunner
Examples:- phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
Derivationally Related Form:antecedent
Hypernyms:temporal relation
Inherited Hypernyms:antecedenttemporal relationrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationthe referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronounDerivationally Related Form:antecedent
Hypernyms:referent
Inherited Hypernyms:antecedentreferentmeaningmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
adjadj.allpreceding in time or orderAntonyms:subsequent
Derivationally Related Form:antecedencyantecedentantecedence
Inherited Hypernyms:antecedent
Similar to:anterior prior anticipatory prevenient pre-existent pre-existing preexistent preexisting
See also:preceding