Precedent
Precedent adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Precursory and precedent are semantically related in preceding topic. In some cases you can use "Precursory" instead an adjective "Precedent".
Precursory
Precursory adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Precedent and precursory are semantically related in preceding topic. You can use "Precedent" instead an adjective "Precursory", if it concerns topics such as earlier, prior.
Nearby Word: precursor
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- first and precedent
- first and precursory
- original and precedent
- original and precursory
- lead and precedent
- lead and precursory
- preliminary and precedent
- preliminary and precursory
- anterior and precedent
- anterior and precursory
- past and precedent
- past and precursory
- former and precedent
- former and precursory
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