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precursor

/pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/noun3 syllables

Precursor means: something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.

Synonyms for precursor9

noun, as in something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald

noun, as in a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

forerunner

also used for precursor

antecedent, beforemath, foremath, precedent, progenitor

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What does precursor mean?3

noun

1

something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

2

a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

3

a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with precursor?2

two syllables

mercercursor
Show 35 near rhymes
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Precursor in a sentence

  • Domestic corn's wild precursor was teosinte.halfb1t
  • The OSS was the precursor to the CIA.Amastan
  • The KGB was the precursor to the FSB.Amastan

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Forms of precursor

as a noun

plural
precursors