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Definition of Antecedent
1. Noun. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).
Exact synonyms: Ancestor, Ascendant, Ascendent, Root
Specialized synonyms: Ancestress, Forbear, Forebear, Father, Forefather, Sire, Foremother, Primogenitor, Progenitor
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative
Derivative terms: Ancestral, Ancestral
Antonyms: Descendant
Specialized synonyms: Ancestress, Forbear, Forebear, Father, Forefather, Sire, Foremother, Primogenitor, Progenitor
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative
Derivative terms: Ancestral, Ancestral
Antonyms: Descendant
2. Adjective. Preceding in time or order.
Similar to: Anterior, Prior, Anticipatory, Prevenient, Pre-existent, Pre-existing, Preexistent, Preexisting
Also: Preceding
Derivative terms: Antecedence, Antecedency
Antonyms: Subsequent
Also: Preceding
Derivative terms: Antecedence, Antecedency
Antonyms: Subsequent
3. Noun. A preceding occurrence or cause or event.
4. Noun. Anything that precedes something similar in time. "Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
5. Noun. The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun.
Generic synonyms: Referent
Definition of Antecedent
1. a. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
2. n. That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
Definition of Antecedent
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Antecedent
1. Existing or occurring before in time or order often with consequential effects. (18 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antecedent
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