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

Much of coaching football is taking ideas from your predecessors and adopting them as your own with a personal twist. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Williams and James entered the season under a lot of scrutiny given the impact their predecessors, Love and Jadarian Price, made last season on the Notre Dame offense. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Destined for the Italian Navy, the U212NFS submarines class represents a substantial evolution compared to to its U212A predecessors. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Presidents angled for monuments honoring their predecessors, not themselves. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026

First, though, Sauermann and Pham began the way their predecessors had. — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

But like their gourmand counterparts, the newest skin scent releases offer more olfactory complexity than their predecessors. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Sep. 2026

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