antecessor

noun

Definition of antecessornext
as in predecessor

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Recent Examples of antecessor With that information, the researchers could place H. antecessor more confidently within the human lineage. — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020 But visual inspection could not resolve where H. antecessor fit in the hominin lineup. — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2020 Though, a protein analysis of the 800,000-year-old tooth enamel of a H. antecessor published last year lends his theory credence. — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antecessor
  1. predecessor
  2. ancestor
  3. progenitor
  4. grandfather
  5. forefather
  6. forebear
  7. forebearer
Noun
  • Lately, it's also become politically charged, with President Donald Trump blaming his predecessor for their lengthy stay.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Earlier this week, Intel announced Tan was filling the role left vacant when the board ousted his predecessor, Pat Gelsinger.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of predecessor
Noun
  • The auntie’s going to always be there for her niece as an ancestor.
    — Fox Maxy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The ephemerides were the ancestors of astronomical tables, which still exist.
    — James Byrne, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of ancestor
Noun
  • By 1900, tonkatsu pork cutlet (progenitor of the katsu sando) had been invented at a restaurant called Rengatei in the ultra-modern Ginza district, which also gave rise to omurice (a phonetic portmanteau of omelet and rice).
    — Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
  • This version of the Democratic Party, which featured the progenitor of wokeism, Obama himself, as the leading presidential campaign trail surrogate for Harris, was thoroughly rejected in November by the American people.
    — Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of progenitor
Noun
  • This recipe is familiar yet revolutionary at the same time, just like your grandfather's stories.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Pulte, whose grandfather founded the nation’s third-largest homebuilder, PulteGroup, said that privatizing the two companies is not the Trump administration’s top priority this time around.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of grandfather
Noun
  • Rise up like the American forefathers did a few hundred years ago.
    — Joe Hudicka, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Trapping has evolved quite a bit since our forefathers first set out for beaver in the 1800s.
    — Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of forefather
Noun
  • The country’s new leaders could learn from the mistakes of their Islamist forebears and avoid a system of government with slim chances of success.
    — Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This culminates in a Satanic-possession plot that eschews the pseudo-realism of Longlegs’s detective-thriller forebears.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of forebear
Noun
  • Like its classic-rock forebearer Desert Trip, the concert will bring two acts per night to Indio’s Empire Polo Club, on the weekend of Oct. 6-8.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • After leaving Alabama, Avinger served a year in the U.S. Army, then signed for a season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, one of the forebearers of the Canadian Football League.
    — Mark Inabinett | minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Apr. 2023
Definition of forebearer

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