anteriority

English Thesaurus

1. preceding in time (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	earliness,
definition	:	quality of coming early or earlier in time (noun.attribute)

2. the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	position, spatial relation,
definition	:	the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated (noun.attribute)

3. preceding in time (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness,
definition	:	following in time (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	prioritise, prioritize,
definition	:	assign a priority to (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate,
definition	:	be earlier in time; go back further (verb.stative)

derivation	:	antecedent,
definition	:	preceding in time or order (adj.all)

derivation	:	anterior, prior,
definition	:	earlier in time (adj.all)

derivation	:	precedent,
definition	:	preceding in time, order, or significance (adj.all)

4. the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	posteriority,
definition	:	the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	anterior,
definition	:	of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (adj.all)

5. preceding in time (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness,
definition	:	following in time (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	prioritise, prioritize,
definition	:	assign a priority to (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate,
definition	:	be earlier in time; go back further (verb.stative)

derivation	:	antecedent,
definition	:	preceding in time or order (adj.all)

derivation	:	anterior, prior,
definition	:	earlier in time (adj.all)

derivation	:	precedent,
definition	:	preceding in time, order, or significance (adj.all)

6. the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	posteriority,
definition	:	the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	anterior,
definition	:	of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body (adj.all)