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Synonyms for forerunner
ˈfɔrˌrʌn ər, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈrʌn ər, foʊr-fore·run·ner
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
forerunner
Synonyms:
predecessor, precursor, harbinger, herald, omen, avant-courier
Princeton's WordNet
precursor, forerunnernoun
a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
Synonyms:
harbinger, precursor, predecessor, antecedent, heraldharbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursornoun
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Synonyms:
harbinger, precursor, predecessor, trumpeter, antecedent, heraldantecedent, forerunnernoun
anything that precedes something similar in time
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
Synonyms:
precursor, root, ancestor, herald, ascendant, predecessor, ascendent, harbinger, antecedent
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
forerunnernoun
Synonyms:
precursor, harbinger, herald, foregoer, avant-courierforerunnernoun
Synonyms:
prelude, prognostic, sign, omen
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
forerunnernoun
Synonyms:
precursor, harbinger, herald, avant-courier
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "forerunner":
precursor, ancestor, predecessor, pioneer, harbinger, progenitor
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1955 | root | |
#4749 | pioneer | |
#5401 | herald | |
#14168 | precursor | |
#17599 | ancestor | |
#17648 | predecessor | |
#29136 | ascendant | |
#29752 | omen | |
#37504 | forerunner | |
#42940 | trumpeter | |
#43616 | harbinger | |
#44502 | antecedent | |
#45158 | progenitor | |
#168231 | ascendent |
How to use forerunner in a sentence?
Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure... make sure you are always receptive to new ideas.
Mind is the forerunner of (all good) states. Mind is chief; mind-made are they. If one speaks or acts with pure mind, because of that,happiness follows one, even as one's shadow that never leaves
Translations for forerunner
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- الرائدArabic
- предшественик, предвестникBulgarian
- předchůdceCzech
- Vorfahre, Vorreiter, Wegbereiter, Vorläufer, Frontläufer, Vorzeichen, Vorbote, Vorgänger, VornewegläuferGerman
- πρόδρομος, προπομπόςGreek
- precursorSpanish
- peloporIndonesian
- precursoreItalian
- praecursorLatin
- voorloperDutch
- forløperNorwegian
- prekursor, poprzednikPolish
- предвестник, предшественникRussian
- פאָרגייערYiddish
- imvulaZulu
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