Synonyms of predated

predated

verb

past tense of predate

as in preceded

to go or come before in time

gunpowder predated the invention of the gun by several centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preceded
• antedated
• preexisted
• forewent
• anteceded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• followed
• succeeded
• postdated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predated

Dyer, Casto and Richardson said their plans to find a new company to run the cameras and writing a law that governs them predated the election this week and are not a reaction to the incoming new council. — Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026

In all three states, there has been significant early voting that in many cases predated any of these news stories. — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

Writing that predated ChatGPT’s 2022 public release was found to be human-written, but high rates of AI use were detected in his recent writing. — Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

No one’s sure when Jensen Huang met Alice Huang, but NYT found social media photos that predated her role arranging a Megaspeed purchase of $2 billion in chips over the next year. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026

Tafoya’s conservative politics, however, predated her departure from television. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026

Panay is known as an effusive onstage showman, making product launches a flashy, intimate affair that feels closer to Apple’s past legendary showcases than to the overwhelming Amazon events that predated him. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Opposite Oguri is James, a casting mandate that predated his arrival on the project by way of co-financier and distributor Neon. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Thus, the team was after an earlier magnetic field, one that predated our star. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026