predecessor
Plural: predecessors
Noun
- one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
- One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
- A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
- A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
Examples
- The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English predecessour, from Old French predecesseor (“forebear”), from Late Latin praedēcessor, from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + Latin dēcessor (“retiring officer”), from Latin dēcēdō (“I retire, I die”) (English decease).
Synonyms
forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor, ancestor, ancient, antecessor, elder, foreganger, precessor, predecessor
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
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