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CONTEMPORARIES Antonyms

9 antonyms for contemporaries. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For CONTEMPORARIES

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ancestors

noun

n

noun

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

forebears

noun

n

noun

• a person from whom you are descended

forefathers

noun

n

noun

• the founder of a family

• person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

foregoers

noun

n

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forerunners

noun

n

noun

• a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

• anything that precedes something similar in time

pioneers

noun

n

noun

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

verb

• open up an area or prepare a way

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• open up and explore a new area

precursors

noun

n

noun

• a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

• a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

predecessors

noun

n

noun

• one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

progenitors

noun

n

noun

• an ancestor in the direct line

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