precursor

nounCommon GRE wordMore P words

a person or thing that comes before and leads to the development of something else

In a sentence

Precursor in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing precursor in a sentence.

The steam engine was a precursor to the industrial revolution that followed.

Synonyms

forerunnerharbingerpredecessor

Antonyms

successordescendantaftermath

Keep going

to calm or soothe someone who is angry or agitated

a song or expression of joyful praise or triumph

done with careful and thorough effort

agreeable to the taste or acceptable to the mind

resembling a palace in size or grandeur

rebirth, regeneration, or renewal into a new existence

to ease the severity of something without curing it

pale or lacking vitality and color

Common questions

Precursor (noun) means a person or thing that comes before and leads to the development of something else

Here is precursor used in an example sentence: "The steam engine was a precursor to the industrial revolution that followed."

Common synonyms for precursor include forerunner, harbinger, predecessor.

Antonyms of precursor include successor, descendant, aftermath.

Precursor is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.