The crocus is a forerunner of spring.
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Forerunner
Synonyms for "forerunner" (117 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
instructorlead runnerleaderleader of menmahdimarkmentormessengermessiahmodelomenoriginaloriginatoroutriderpacemakerpacesetterpathfinderpatternpioneerpoint
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portentprecedentprecentorpredecessorpremisepremonitionpremonitorpreparationistpreparatorpreparerpresagepresagerprogenitorprognosticprototyperiggingringleaderropescoutsignstandard bearerstandard-bearerstockstormy petrelsymphonic conductorsymptomteachertokentorchbearertrailblazertrailbreakertrainervanguardvaunt-couriervoortrekkerwarning
Noun(2 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 20 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pararendës noun (precursor, harbinger)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρόδρομος noun (precursor, harbinger)
Bulgarian
3 entries- предвестник noun (precursor, harbinger)
- предтеча noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
- предшественик noun (precursor, harbinger)
Czech
1 entries- předchůdce noun (precursor, harbinger)
Finnish
2 entries- edeltäjä noun (precursor, harbinger)
- edeltäjä noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
French
2 entries- avant coureur noun (precursor, harbinger)
- prédécesseur noun (precursor, harbinger)
Galician
2 entries- precursor noun (precursor, harbinger)
- precursora noun (precursor, harbinger)
German
4 entries- Frontläufer noun (runner at the front or ahead)
- Vorbote noun (precursor, harbinger)
- Vorfahre noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
- Vorgänger noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
Greek
2 entries- προπομπός noun (precursor, harbinger)
- πρόδρομος noun (precursor, harbinger)
Hungarian
4 entries- előd noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
- előfutár noun (runner at the front or ahead)
- előfutár noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
- előhírnök noun (precursor, harbinger)
Latin
2 entries- antecursor noun (runner at the front or ahead)
- praecursor noun (precursor, harbinger)
Macedonian
2 entries- предвесник noun (precursor, harbinger)
- претеча noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- прѣдътеча noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
Polish
2 entries- poprzednik noun (precursor, harbinger)
- prekursor noun (precursor, harbinger)
Portuguese
1 entries- precursor noun (precursor, harbinger)
Russian
3 entries- предве́стник noun (precursor, harbinger)
- предтеча noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
- предше́ственник noun (precursor, harbinger)
Spanish
1 entries- precursor noun (precursor, harbinger)
Swedish
2 entries- föregångare noun (precursor, harbinger)
- föregångare noun (forebear, ancestor, predecessor)
Tagalog
3 entries- pasimuna noun (runner at the front or ahead)
- tagapagpauna noun (runner at the front or ahead)
- tagapagpauna noun (precursor, harbinger)
Zulu
1 entries- imvula noun (precursor, harbinger)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Already he had forgotten the harsh attacks on him by the Volapükists. He spoke only of the great work of his forerunner. He asked the congress to honour his name.
Source: tatoeba (4433679)
In the blue vault of the heaven there had appeared three little specks which increased in size every moment, so rapidly did they approach. They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them. They were buzzards, the vultures of the west, whose coming is the forerunner of death.
Source: tatoeba (6310885)
Scientists have unearthed in northwestern Argentina fossils of the earliest-known giant dinosaur, a four-legged plant-eater with a medium-length neck and long tail that was a forerunner of the largest land animals of all time.
Source: tatoeba (6990346)
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