Synonyms of antecedent

1 Syllable

first, priors, past, prior

2 Syllables

former, factors, cause, earlier, early, headmost, formers, whilom, rootstock, factor, paster, previous, source, exer

3 Syllables

fixin's, makin's, precedent, ancestry, presager, origins, germinal, ancestor, causation, foregoer, origin, initial, preceding, foregoing, preexistent, prevenient, ancestors, referent, causations, preexisting, prodromal, anterior, ancestries, motive

4 Syllables

predecessor, prototype, causality, forebearer, provenience, predecessors, parentage, pre-existing, forefathers, forefather, foremother, antecessor, causalities, inceptive, aforeknown, forerunning, precursory, hypotheses, proleptical, hypothesis

5 Syllables

foreshadower, aforestated, above-named, preliminary, initiatory, materfamilias

6 Syllables

aforementioned, above-mentioned, abovementioned