📖 Definitions of "Preexistent"
adjective
- 1
Existing previously.
- 2
Preceding existence.
"a preexistent state"
🔄 Synonyms of "Preexistent"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| preceding | Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence. |
| antecedentnoun | Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Preexistent"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| precedingverb | Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence. |
| antecedentnoun | Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. |
| prejacentnoun | (philosophy, logic, linguistics) A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred. |
| pre-existent | Alternative form of preexistent. [Existing previously.] |
| preexisting | Already in existence before something else. |
| preëxistent | Uncommon spelling of preexistent. [Existing previously.] |
| preëxisting | — |
| prior | Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous. |
| precedentnoun | An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future. |
| previous | (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. |
| præcedentnoun | Obsolete form of precedent. [Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.] |
| precedaneous | (obsolete) preceding; antecedent; previous |
| predecessory | Being or pertaining to a predecessor. |
| prævious | Archaic spelling of previous. [(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.] |
| precedentary | Being or relating to a precedent; coming before. |
| forecreated | Created beforehand |
| preterient | (rare) Passed through; antecedent; previous. |
| predecessorial | Of, pertaining to, or subsisting as, a predecessor; preceding; replaced; descendant. |
| earlier | occurring previously |
| precosmic | Occurring or existing before the existence of the universe. |
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