Pursuing and Preceding

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Pursuing adjective - Following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit.

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Preceding is an antonym for pursuing in out for topic.

Nearby Words: pursue, pursuance, pursued, pursuer

Preceding adjective - Going before another in time or order.

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Pursuing is an antonym for preceding.

Nearby Words: precede, precedent, precedence, preceded

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Preceding and Pursuing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pursuing/preceding

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