Synonyms of forerunner

1 Syllable
priors, doyen
2 Syllables
flagship, formers, herald, schlepper, pacers, parent, envoy, pioneer, leaders, leader, author, pacer
3 Syllables
precursors, generals, outriders, forebear, precursor, announcer, harbingers, ancestry, presager, augury, outrider, protoplast, ancestor, flag-bearer, foregoer, harbinger, dispatcher, auguries, messenger, ancestors, forebears, bellwethers, dispatchers, bellwether, messengers, ancestries, prognostic
4 Syllables
predecessor, prototype, forebearer, predecessors, advocate, parentage, initiator, advertiser, antecessor, pacesetter, progenitor
5 Syllables
foreshadower, originator, prognostications, commissionaire, prognostication, prefigurement, materfamilias