Originator
Originator noun - One who creates or introduces something new.
Predecessor and originator are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predecessor" instead a noun "Originator".
Predecessor
Predecessor noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.
Usage example: the once-ubiquitous typewriter was the predecessor of today's electronic keyboard
Originator and predecessor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Originator" instead a noun "Predecessor".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- origin and originator
- origin and predecessor
- author and originator
- author and predecessor
- creator and originator
- creator and predecessor
- begetter and originator
- begetter and predecessor
- progenitor and originator
- progenitor and predecessor
- prototype and originator
- prototype and predecessor
- pioneer and originator
- pioneer and predecessor
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The originator of this trope is Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, in which a governess becomes convinced that her dead predecessor and her lover have somehow come back from beyond the grave to mess with the kids.
Source: Haunted Heroine
Cite this Source
Predecessor and Originator. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/originator/predecessor
Originator & Predecessor. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/originator/predecessor>.
Predecessor or Originator. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/originator/predecessor.
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