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postdate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of postdate

to come after in time

  • the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years
Synonyms of postdate

follow, succeed, supervene
Words Related to postdate

displace, replace, supersede, supplant

ensue
Antonyms of postdate

antedate, precede, predate

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