predecessor

predecessor

noun

Definition of PREDECESSOR

something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed <the once-ubiquitous typewriter was the predecessor of today's electronic keyboard>

Synonyms antecedent, archetype, daddy, foregoer, forerunner, granddaddy (also grandaddy), precursor, predecessor, prototype

Related Words model, original; originator, sire; father, mother

Near Antonyms by-product, derivative, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off; daughter, son

Antonyms descendant (also descendent)