forerunner
[noun]
Synonyms: precursor, envoy, harbinger, herald, prototype

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Antonyms: end product
Contrasted words: consequence, result, effect, event, issue, outgrowth, conclusion, consummation, culmination
Related Words: anticipator, advertiser, announcer, advertisement, announcement, augury, foretoken, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, forewarning, warning, mark, sign, symptom, token, foreshadow, example, exemplar, model, pattern, pioneer, author, initiator, originator

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

fore‧run‧ner /ˈfɔːˌrʌnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

1. someone or something that existed before something similar that developed or came later
forerunner of
Babbage’s engine was the forerunner of the modern computer.

2. a sign or warning that something is going to happen

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

forerunner
noun
ADJ. early, immediate an early forerunner of the modern jet engine
direct

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲