All predecessor synonyms

noun predecessor

• mother — parent
• foregoer — Alternative form of forgoer.
• ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
• daddy — Children often call their father daddy.
• begetter — The begetter of something has caused this thing to come into existence.
• firsts — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
• antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
• ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
• foremother — a female ancestor.
• antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
• ascendent — a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
• mock up — a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
• foretoken — a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.
• mock-up — a model, often full-size, for study, testing, or teaching: a mock-up of an experimental aircraft.
• mommy — mother1 (defs 1, 2, 4).
• forebear — Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
• former — preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
• forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
• foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
• forefather — an ancestor.
• mockup — a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
• father — a male parent.