Predecessor

Noun

 * 1) One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
 * 2) A model or type of machinery or device which precedes current one.
 * Steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
 * 1)  A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Antonyms

 * successor
 * successor

Thesaurus
ancestor, ancestors, announcer, antecedent, antecedents, ascendants, avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, elders, explorer, fathers, forebear, forebears, forefather, forefathers, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, grandfathers, grandparents, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, pathfinder, patriarchs, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, predecessors, progenitors, prototype, scout, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker

Etymology
From prae: + decedo:.

Alternative forms

 * prædecessor

Translations

 * Catalan: antecessor
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: antaŭulo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Vorgänger


 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: предшественник, предшественница
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: föregångare


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