Predecessor

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  • noun. One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
  • noun. Something that has been succeeded by another.
  • noun. An ancestor; a forebear.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who goes before or precedes another.
  • noun. An ancestor; a forefather.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
  • noun. A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
  • noun. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
    • Word Usage
    "As Steven writes, your predecessor is a key built-in resource for inquiring about your new-found responsibilities."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    follower  successor  
    cross-reference
    ancestor  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    indicant  indication  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ancestor  benefactor  brother-in-law  clergyman  colleague  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ancestor  ancestors  announcer  antecedent  antecedents  
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