precursor
precursor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger. Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul. Buckminster.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advance
- advanced
- afore
- aforehand
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- ahead
- already
- antecedence
- antecedency
- antecedent
- anteposition
- anterior
- anteriority
- anticipate
- augury
- auspice
- avant-courier
- ball
- beak
- before
- beforehand
- bellwether
- bend
- bird
- bow
- brow
- candle
- coin
- come
- coming
- confront
- countenance
- dance
- dawn
- disc
- disk
- divine
- early
- ere
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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