Thesaurus:predate

Thesaurus

predate

English

Verb

Sense: to exist or to occur before something else

Synonyms

• antedate
• precede    [⇒ thesaurus]
• predate

Antonyms

• postdate

Hypernyms

• precede    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “116. priority” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “predate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.