Synonyms of predecessors

predecessors

noun

plural of predecessor

as in forerunners

something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed

the once-ubiquitous typewriter was the predecessor of today's electronic keyboard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forerunners
• ancestors
• precursors
• prototypes
• antecedents
• originals
• granddaddies
• archetypes
• originators
• models
• mothers
• daddies
• foregoers
• fathers
• sires

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendants
• derivatives
• sons
• daughters
• offshoots
• outgrowths
• by-products
• spin-offs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predecessors

Peng has embraced a more public role than her predecessors, who rarely attended state visits and usually stayed in the background. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Unlike many of its fall festival predecessors (including TIFF proper for the first time this year), NYFF doesn’t have a market per se. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026

And, unwilling to buy votes in Congress outright, as his predecessors did, Arévalo has resorted to pork-barrel spending and raising congressional salaries to win legislative support. — Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

It's also got better IPS track and lower power consumption compared to its predecessors. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

Linsey, who was previously BBC Controller of Entertainment in the UK and has worked for the corporation for 20 years, has been in LA for three years and Stephenson has worked at the company, and its predecessors for nearly 20 years. — Peter White, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

The visit to the 15th-century library marked the pope’s first visit, following in the footsteps of his predecessors. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Thanks to cassette recordings that survived the war, contemporary musicians at the time could draw on the work of their predecessors and perform versions of songs from the 1950s and 1960s. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2026

Smith is a district veteran who has avoided the controversies of his predecessors. — Samantha Hernandez, Des Moines Register, 15 Sep. 2026