antecedent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Types & categories
- relative hypernym
- ancestress hyponym
- forebear hyponym
- forefather hyponym
- foremother hyponym
- progenitor hyponym
Related & opposite
- descendant antonym
- antecedent derivation
- ancestral derivation
- ancestral derivation
Sense 2 adjective
preceding in time or order
Related & opposite
- precedinga also see
- subsequent antonym
- antecedence derivation
- antecedent derivation
- antecedent derivation
- antecedent derivation
- antecedent derivation
- priora similar to
- anticipatory similar to
- preexistent similar to
Sense 3 noun
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Related & opposite
- predate derivation
- antecedent derivation
Sense 4 noun
anything that precedes something similar in time
phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
Types & categories
- temporal relation hypernym
Related & opposite
- antecedent derivation
Sense 5 noun
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Types & categories
- referent hypernym
Related & opposite
- antecedent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | descendant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestral |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestral |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | relative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ancestress |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forebear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forefather |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foremother |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | progenitor |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | precedinga |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | subsequent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | priora |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | anticipatory |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | preexistent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | temporal relation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | referent |