Foregoer
Foregoer noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.
Usage example: not many people still have manual typewriters, the foregoers to word processors
Prototype
Prototype noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.
Usage example: the Greek epic that is the prototype of the hero myth
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- model and foregoer
- model and prototype
- origin and foregoer
- origin and prototype
- progenitor and foregoer
- progenitor and prototype
- pattern and foregoer
- pattern and prototype
- example and foregoer
- example and prototype
- original and foregoer
- original and prototype
- sample and foregoer
- sample and prototype
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