Definition of antecedent

You can enter up to 15 letters and use up to 2 wildcards in the search. Use question mark (?) for wildcard searches.
Word Finders
Word Lists

Scrabble & Words with friends points

  • antecedent is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • antecedent is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • antecedent is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of antecedent

  • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. ancestor
    2. ascendant
    3. ascendent
    4. root
  • anything that precedes something similar in time (noun)

    Examples

    1. phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience

    Synonyms

    1. forerunner
  • a preceding occurrence or cause or event (noun)
  • preceding in time or order (adjective)
  • the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun (noun)

See definition of antecedent in Merriam Webster