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Synonyms & Antonyms of foregoer
1
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
- a nearly November snowfall that appears to be a disconcerting foregoer of the harsh winter facing us
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2
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
- not many people still have manual typewriters, the foregoers to word processors
Synonyms for foregoer
- ancestor,
- antecedent,
- archetype,
- daddy,
- forerunner,
- granddaddy
- (also grandaddy),
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- prototype
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Antonyms for foregoer
- descendant
- (also descendent)
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