ANTECEDENCY Synonyms
1 hypernym for antecedency. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for ANTECEDENCY
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| precedence | noun n | |||||
noun • status established in order of importance or urgency • preceding in time • the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | ||||||
| priority | noun n | |||||
noun • status established in order of importance or urgency • preceding in time | ||||||
| importance | noun n | |||||
noun • the quality of being important and worthy of note • a prominent status | ||||||
| preeminence | noun n | |||||
noun • high status importance owing to marked superiority | ||||||
| preference | noun n | |||||
noun • a strong liking • a predisposition in favor of something • the right or chance to choose • grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties) | ||||||
| preponderance | noun n | |||||
noun • superiority in power or influence • a superiority in numbers or amount • exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight | ||||||
| primacy | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of being first in importance | ||||||
| rank | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another • relative status • the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) • position in a social hierarchy • the body of members of an organization or group adjective satellite • very fertile; producing profuse growth • very offensive in smell or taste • conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible • complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers • growing profusely verb • take or have a position relative to others • assign a rank or rating to • take precedence or surpass others in rank | ||||||
| seniority | noun n | |||||
noun • higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service • the property of being long-lived | ||||||
| superiority | noun n | |||||
noun • the quality of being superior • the quality of being at a competitive advantage • displaying a sense of being better than others • the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits | ||||||
| antecedence | noun n | |||||
noun • preceding in time | ||||||
| anteriority | noun n | |||||
noun • the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head • preceding in time | ||||||
| precedency | noun n | |||||
noun • status established in order of importance or urgency • preceding in time • the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | ||||||