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forerunner
Synonyms and Antonyms of forerunner
- The return of the swallows is traditionally regarded as a forerunner of spring.
- We enjoyed the demonstration of the simple hand loom that was the forerunner of today's computer-controlled looms.
ancestor, antecedent, archetype, daddy, foregoer, granddaddy (also grandaddy), precursor, predecessor, prototype
descendant (also descendent)
Synonym Discussion of forerunner
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- the blockade was the forerunner of war
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- 18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics
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- their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season
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- the herald of a new age in medicine
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