Forerunner

Noun

 * 1) a runner at the front or ahead
 * 2) a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
 * 3) a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
 * 4)  a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own

Adjectives for Forerunner
elegant; early; indigenous.

Synonyms for Forerunner
herald, harbinger, predecessor, ancestor, precursor, forefather, scout, forebear, progenitor, pioneer, proclaimer, omen, vanguard, sign, warning.

Antonyms for Forerunner
successor, descendant, disciple, follower, offspring, attendant, servant, dependent, trailer, sequel.

Thesaurus
Gabriel, Mahdi, advertisement, advertiser, ancestor, announcement, announcer, antecedent, augury, author, avant-garde, bell cow, bell mare, bellwether, born leader, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis, bushwhacker, charismatic leader, choirmaster, choragus, coach, conductor, coryphaeus, duce, envoy, evangel, evangelist, example, exemplar, explorer, file leader, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foreshadow, foreshadower, foretoken, forewarning, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, herald angel, initiator, innovator, inspired leader, instructor, lead runner, leader, leader of men, mark, mentor, messenger, messiah, model, omen, originator, outrider, pacemaker, pacesetter, pathfinder, pattern, pioneer, point, portent, precedent, precentor, precursor, predecessor, premise, premonition, premonitor, preparationist, preparator, preparer, presage, presager, progenitor, prognostic, prototype, ringleader, scout, sign, standard-bearer, stormy petrel, symphonic conductor, symptom, teacher, token, torchbearer, trailblazer, trailbreaker, trainer, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker, warning

Etymology
fore + runner

Translations

 * Czech:
 * French: prédécesseur avant coureur
 * Greek: ,


 * Latin:
 * Polish: prekursor, poprzednik