nnoun.persona person who goes before or announces the coming of anotherSynset:precursor
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:precursorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:precursorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:predecessor
Full Hyponyms:forefatherpredecessor
nnoun.communicationsomething that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someoneSynset:harbinger herald precursor predecessor
Derivationally Related Form:harbingerherald
Hypernyms:indicant indication
Inherited Hypernyms:harbingerindicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.relationanything that precedes something similar in timeSynset:antecedent
Examples:- phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
Derivationally Related Form:antecedent
Hypernyms:temporal relation
Inherited Hypernyms:antecedenttemporal relationrelationabstractionentity