forerunner

• forerunner

forerunner

Noun

a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

Synonyms:

• precursor
• forerunner

Noun

something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

Synonyms:

• harbinger
• forerunner
• predecessor
• herald
• precursor

Noun

anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

Synonyms:

• antecedent
• forerunner