antecedent Synonyms

ascendant ascendent forerunner progenitor root foregoing prior previous forebear forefather predecessor precedent precursor ancestor prevenient prefrontal proleptic preliminary proemial prodromus preludial primogenitor primogenial preparatory presager prefatory proleptical propaedeutic referent provenience forebearer foreshadower pre-existent premedical roots pre-existing family tree earlier prototype quondam rootstock source vaunt-courier whilom ex materfamilias predecessors preexistent preexisting ci-devant