Forerunner and Offspring

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Forerunner noun - One that announces or indicates the later arrival of another.

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Offspring is an antonym for forerunner.

Offspring noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.

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Forerunner is an antonym for offspring in child topic.

human	human forerunner	human offspring
female	female forerunner	female offspring
direct	direct forerunner	direct offspring
actual	actual forerunner	actual offspring
Other adjectives: young, possible, oldest.

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