| antecedent definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | a preceding occurrence or cause or event | 35 sets |
| 2 | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 31 sets |
| 3 | one that precedes another | 31 sets |
| 4 | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | 20 sets |
| 5 | a previous thing or event; a predecessor | 20 sets |
| 6 | something that came before | 18 sets |
| 7 | someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it | 18 sets |
| 8 | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 17 sets |
| 9 | n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. | 17 sets |
| 10 | coming before in place or time | 16 sets |
| 11 | a thing or event that precedes | 16 sets |
| 12 | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers. | 14 sets |
| 13 | something that comes before | 13 sets |
| 14 | going before in time | 11 sets |
| 15 | every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 11 sets |
| 16 | a thing or event that precedes another | 11 sets |
| 17 | prior | 11 sets |
| 18 | the noun to which a later pronoun refers | 10 sets |
| 19 | preceding; prior | 10 sets |
| 20 | preceding a cause | 9 sets |
| 21 | (n.) something that came before (the great tradition of western culture had its ___ in the culture of ancient greece. | 9 sets |
| 22 | anything that logically goes before something else | 9 sets |
| 23 | n. something that exists before another | 8 sets |
| 24 | going before | 7 sets |
| 25 | a preceding circumstance, event, occurrence or phenomenon | 7 sets |
| 26 | one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. | 7 sets |
| 27 | going before; preceding | 7 sets |
| 28 | preceding in time or order | 7 sets |
| 29 | the noun to which a later pronoun refers. | 7 sets |
| 30 | a previous thing or event, a predecessor | 7 sets |
| 31 | word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 7 sets |
| 32 | the noun to which a pronoun refers | 7 sets |
| 33 | the word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to. | 6 sets |
| 34 | antecedente | 6 sets |
| 35 | a preceding occurrence or cause; preceding in time or order | 6 sets |
| 36 | the word that the pronoun replaces | 6 sets |
| 37 | (n.) something that came before (the great tradition of western culture had its antecedent in the culture of ancient greece | 6 sets |
| 38 | the noun that a pronoun replaces | 6 sets |
| 39 | that which goes before something else | 6 sets |
| 40 | preceding | 5 sets |