Defenition of the word antecedent
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Defenition of the word antecedent
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
- preceding in time or order
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time
Synonyms for the word antecedent
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- ancestor
- ascendant
- ascendent
- forebear
- forerunner
- preceding
- precursor
- predecessor
- root
Similar words in the antecedent
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- ante
- antecedent
- antecedent's
- antecedents
- anterior
- anticipatory
- pre-existent
- pre-existing
- preceding
- preexistent
- preexisting
- prevenient
- prior
- prior(a)
Hyponyms for the word antecedent
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- ancestress
- father
- forbear
- forebear
- forefather
- foremother
- primogenitor
- progenitor
- sire
Hypernyms for the word antecedent
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- cause
- referent
- relation
- relative
- temporal relation
Antonyms for the word antecedent
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- descendant
- descendent
- subsequent
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