Need another word that means the same as “preceding”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “preceding” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Preceding” are: past, retiring, foregoing, previous, prior, former, precursory, earlier, above, above-mentioned, aforementioned, above-named, antecedent
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “preceding” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| above | Appearing earlier in the same text. Flaws in the above interpretation. |
| above-mentioned | Mentioned or named earlier in the same text. |
| above-named | Mentioned or named earlier in the same text. |
| aforementioned | Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of. Works of all the aforementioned authors. |
| antecedent | Denoting or counting as an antecedent. Antecedent events. |
| earlier | Very young. His earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher. |
| foregoing | Just mentioned or stated; preceding. The foregoing analysis of the economic class structure. |
| former | Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things. The former president. |
| past | (of a specified period of time) occurring before and leading up to the time of speaking or writing. His youth is past. |
| precursory | Warning of future misfortune. Precursory seismic activity. |
| previous | Just preceding something else in time or order. The boat s previous owner. |
| prior | Earlier in time. He has a prior engagement this evening. |
| retiring | Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office. A gentle retiring person who avoided conflict. |
| above | An earlier section of a written text. For instructions refer to the above. |
| antecedence | Preceding in time. |
| antecedent | Denoting or counting as an antecedent. Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience. |
| antedate | Establish something as being earlier relative to something else. There are no references to him that would antedate his birth. |
| anterior | Coming before in time; earlier. An incident anterior to her troubles. |
| before | At or in the front. I had known her before. |
| beforehand | Ahead of time; in anticipation. Was beforehand with her report. |
| first | The first element in a countable series. The first time. |
| forego | Be earlier in time; go back further. |
| forerunner | A sign or warning of something to come. The ice safe was a forerunner of today s refrigerator. |
| former | Referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several. I take the former view. |
| formerly | At a previous time. Mumbai formerly Bombay. |
| front | Be or stand in front of. The fronting of au was completed a couple of generations ago. |
| harbinger | A forerunner of something. Witch hazels are the harbingers of spring. |
| herald | A brown moth with dull orange markings, often hibernating in houses and old buildings. They considered the first primroses as the herald of spring. |
| introductory | Serving as a base or starting point. Began the slide show with some introductory remarks. |
| precede | Move ahead (of others) in time or space. Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan s husbands. |
| precedence | The order to be ceremonially observed by people of different rank, according to an acknowledged or legally determined system. Quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family marred the coronation. |
| precedent | A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws. There are substantial precedents for using interactive media in training. |
| precursor | A person who goes before or announces the coming of another. Pepsinogen is the inactive precursor of pepsin. |
| predate | Be earlier in time; go back further. These mammals predate certain eggs. |
| predecessor | Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. The new President s foreign policy is very similar to that of his predecessor. |
| preface | Provide a book with a preface. The book is prefaced by a quotation from William Faulkner. |
| prefatory | Serving as an introduction or preface. In his prefatory remarks the author claims that. |
| prematurely | Too soon; in a premature manner. I spoke prematurely. |
| previous | Previous convictions a criminal record. She looked tired after her exertions of the previous evening. |
| previously | At an earlier time or formerly. She had previously lived in Chicago. |
| prior | The head of a religious order in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot. He had no juvenile record no priors. |
| priority | Status established in order of importance or urgency. The safety of the country takes priority over any other matter. |
| untimely | Too soon; in a premature manner. The moment was very untimely chosen. |
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