Synonyms of predates

predates

verb

present tense third-person singular of predate

as in precedes

to go or come before in time

gunpowder predated the invention of the gun by several centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• precedes
• antedates
• foregoes
• preexists
• antecedes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follows
• succeeds
• postdates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predates

This booming rafting industry is the latest phase in a long history of commerce that predates statehood. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026

The Traditional Latin Mass is the form of the Catholic liturgy that predates the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

The Bezos-Musk space race predates either billionaire’s rocket company becoming a reliable orbital operator. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 8 July 2026

However, what is now an ell at the rear of the house predates the main house, having been built in 1695 by Samuel Grant, who was the son of Matthew Grant, one of the original settlers of Windsor. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

The continuity of subject and species across the two projects speaks to the centrality of birds in American iconography—the Bald Eagle, for example, or the 50 state birds—which predates but was perpetuated by Audubon’s work. — Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026

Block’s own headcount tripled from 3,835 employees at the end of 2019 to more than 12,000 at its peak — a run-up that predates any meaningful AI deployment inside the company. — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

There is a Liberty Bell, a gift from King Louis XV of France, that predates the larger and more famous one in Philadelphia, and there’s an American story that predates America’s founding 250 years ago. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

That law predates the much wider United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which took effect in 1994, giving ships the right of innocent passage through any country's territorial waters without paying a fee. — Joanne Stocker, CBS News, 1 July 2026