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antecedent
Overview of noun antecedent
The noun antecedent has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root -- (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))
2. (1) antecedent -- (a preceding occurrence or cause or event)
3. antecedent, forerunner -- (anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience")
4. antecedent -- (the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun)
Overview of adj antecedent
The adj antecedent has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. antecedent, preceding -- (preceding in time or order)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antecedent
4 senses of antecedent
Sense 1
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
=> relative, relation
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
antecedent
=> cause
=> origin, origination, inception
=> beginning
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
antecedent, forerunner
=> temporal relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
antecedent
=> referent
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun antecedent
1 of 4 senses of antecedent
Sense 1
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
=> ancestress
=> forebear, forbear
=> forefather, father, sire
=> foremother
=> progenitor, primogenitor
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antecedent
4 senses of antecedent
Sense 1
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
=> relative, relation
Sense 2
antecedent
=> cause
Sense 3
antecedent, forerunner
=> temporal relation
Sense 4
antecedent
=> referent
Antonyms of noun antecedent
Member Holonyms of noun antecedent
Substance Holonyms of noun antecedent
Part Holonyms of noun antecedent
Member Meronyms of noun antecedent
Substance Meronyms of noun antecedent
Part Meronyms of noun antecedent
Meronyms of noun antecedent
Holonyms of noun antecedent
Attributes of noun antecedent
Derived Forms of noun antecedent
1 of 4 senses of antecedent
Sense 2
antecedent
RELATED TO>(verb) antecede#1
=> predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
Domain of noun antecedent
Domain Terms of noun antecedent
Familiarity of noun antecedent
antecedent used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun antecedent
4 senses of antecedent
Sense 1
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
> relative, relation
=> ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
=> cousin, first cousin, cousin-german, full cousin
=> descendant, descendent
=> in-law, relative-in-law
=> blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib
=> kin, kinsperson, family
=> enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrisib, matrilineal sib
=> agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib
=> kinsman
=> kinswoman
=> kissing cousin, kissing kin
=> next of kin
=> offspring, progeny, issue
=> second cousin
=> sibling, sib
=> spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half
Sense 2
antecedent
> cause
=> antecedent
=> etiology, aetiology
=> factor
=> producer
=> mutagenesis
Sense 3
antecedent, forerunner
> temporal relation
=> antecedent, forerunner
=> chronology
=> synchronism, synchrony, synchronicity, synchroneity, synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing
=> asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing
Sense 4
antecedent
> referent
=> antecedent
=> denotatum
=> designatum
Meronyms of noun antecedent
4 senses of antecedent
Sense 1
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
=> relative, relation
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun antecedent
Grep of noun antecedent
antecedent
plasma thromboplastin antecedent
Antonyms of adj antecedent
1 sense of antecedent
Sense 1
antecedent (vs. subsequent), preceding
subsequent (vs. antecedent)
=> consequent, ensuant, resultant, resulting(prenominal), sequent
=> future(prenominal), later(prenominal), ulterior
Similarity of adj antecedent
1 sense of antecedent
Sense 1
antecedent (vs. subsequent), preceding
=> anterior, prior(prenominal)
=> anticipatory, prevenient
=> preexistent, pre-existent, preexisting, pre-existing
Also See> preceding#1
Pertainyms of adj antecedent
Attributes of adj antecedent
Domain of adj antecedent
Domain Terms of adj antecedent
Familiarity of adj antecedent
antecedent used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj antecedent
antecedent
Grep of adv antecedent
antecedently
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