Precedent
Precedent adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Preparative and precedent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preparative" instead an adjective "Precedent".
Preparative
Preparative adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Precedent and preparative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Precedent" instead an adjective "Preparative".
Nearby Words: preparation, preparatory
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- first and precedent
- first and preparative
- original and precedent
- original and preparative
- preliminary and precedent
- preliminary and preparative
- anterior and precedent
- anterior and preparative
- introductory and precedent
- introductory and preparative
- preparatory and precedent
- preparatory and preparative
- before and precedent
- before and preparative
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