precursor
I
noun
advance guard, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, augury, avant-courier, forebearer, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, guide, harbinger, herald, omen, parent, pathfinder, patriarch, pioneer, portent, precursor, praenuntius, precedent, predecessor, preparation, preparer, presage, preview, prodrome, prognostic, scout, sign, token, usher, vanguard, warning
II
index
ancestor, ascendant, caution (warning), forerunner, harbinger, indicator, parents, pioneer, precedent, predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006