prelusory
11last — I (final) adjective aftermost, climactic, climactical, closing, completive, completory, concluding, conclusive, conclusory, crowning, decisive, definitive, determinative, end, ending, endmost, extreme, farthest, final, finishing, furthest,… …
12preceding — I adjective above mentioned, abovenamed, antecedent, anterior, before mentioned, earlier, first named, former, inaugural, introductory, precedent, precessional, precursive, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, preliminary, preludial, prelusive,… …
13precursory — I adjective advance, antecedent, beginning, earlier, exploratory, first, foregoing, forerunning, foreshadowing, forewarning, foundational, inaugural, inauguratory, initiatory, introductory, leading, praecurrentia, precedent, preceding, precursive …
14preparatory — I adjective anticipatory, beginning, early, expectant, foundational, inaugural, inceptive, incipient, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, opening, precautionary, precedent, preceding, precursory, prefatory, preliminary, preludial,… …
15previous — I adjective above cited, above mentioned, above named, aforementioned, aforesaid, already indicated, antecedent, anterior, earlier, early, erstwhile, first, fore, foregoing, foregone, forementioned, forerunning, former, initial, initiatory,… …
16precedence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Coming before Nouns 1. precedence, coming before; superiority, importance, preference; priority, preexistence; antecedence, precedency, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, pecking order. 2.… …
17Precedence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Precedence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 precedence precedence Sgm: N 1 coming before coming before &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 the lead the lead le pas Sgm: N 1 superiority superiority &c. 33 Sgm: N 1 …
18Precursor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Precursor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 precursor precursor antecedent precedent predecessor Sgm: N 1 forerunner forerunner vancourier avant coureur pioneer prodrome| prodromos prodromus outrider …
19precursory — a. 1. Forerunning, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, previous, prevenient. 2. Prelusive, prelusory, introductory, prefatory, precursive, preliminary, proemial, preparatory, initiatory, premonitory, prognosticative …
20prefatory — a. Introductory, preliminary, prelusive, prelusory, precursory, precursive, proemial, preparatory, initiative …
