antecedent C2+ Topic:Time US /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/ UK /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a thing that comes before another; (adj) preceding in time or order Poverty was the chief antecedent of the city's unrest. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a thing that comes before... precursorforerunnerpredecessorpriorprecedingprevious ↔ Opposites consequentsubsequentsuccessorfollowing Word family Derived forms antecedentlyantecedence Related forms cedeprecede Etymology AI details From Latin antecedēns ('going before'), present participle of antecedere ('to go before'), from ante- ('before') + cedere ('to go, yield'). antecedēns Latin cedere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # antecedent **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/ ## Meanings 1. a thing that comes before another; (adj) preceding in time or order ## Examples - Poverty was the chief antecedent of the city's unrest. ## Synonyms - precursor - forerunner - predecessor - prior - preceding - previous ## Antonyms - consequent - subsequent - successor - following ## Derived Forms - antecedently - antecedence ## Related Forms - cede - precede ## Roots and Affixes - Root: antecedēns - Root: cedere - Affix: ante- - before ## Etymology From Latin antecedēns ('going before'), present participle of antecedere ('to go before'), from ante- ('before') + cedere ('to go, yield'). ## AI Etymology Antecedent is from Latin antecedēns ('going before'), present participle of antecedere ('to go before'), from ante- ('before') + cedere ('to go, yield'). In present-day use, it means a thing that comes before another; (adj) preceding in time or order. Derived formations include antecedently and antecedence. Related vocabulary includes cede and precede. ## Topics - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown