Synonyms of forerunners

forerunners

noun

plural of forerunner

1

as in precursors

one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another

the return of the swallows is traditionally regarded as a forerunner of spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• precursors
• harbingers
• heralds
• angels
• outriders
• signs
• symptoms
• messengers
• foregoers
• foretastes
• advertisers
• runners
• proclaimers
• forewarnings
• criers
• auspices
• announcers
• couriers
• foreshadowings
• portents
• foreshadowers
• forebodings
• omens
• presages
• bodings
• foreboders
• bellwethers
• auguries
• blazoners
• marks

2

as in ancestors

something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed

enjoyed the demonstration of the simple hand loom that was the forerunner of today's computer-controlled looms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• precursors
• ancestors
• predecessors
• prototypes
• originators
• antecedents
• originals
• granddaddies
• grandaddies
• archetypes
• models
• daddies
• mothers
• foregoers
• fathers
• sires

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendants
• descendents
• derivatives
• byproducts
• offshoots
• sons
• outgrowths
• daughters
• by-products
• spin-offs