Forerunner and Son

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Forerunner noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.

Usage example: enjoyed the demonstration of the simple hand loom that was the forerunner of today's computer-controlled looms

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Son is an antonym for forerunner.

Son noun - A male human offspring.

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Forerunner is an antonym for son.

human	human forerunner	human son
actual	actual forerunner	actual son
living	living forerunner	living son
young	young forerunner	young son
Other adjectives: famous, last, rebellious, younger, oldest.

In the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac, in a forerunner to the Milgram experiment, God runs an experiment to determine the extent of Abraham's faith by commanding him to sacrifice his beloved son on an altar.

Source: Unwitting Test Subject

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