11 Letter Words for Antecedents
antecedents
10 Letter Words for Antecedents
antecedent
9 Letter Words for Antecedents
adnescent, antecedes, attendees, cadenette, dancettee, dancettes, decentest, edentates, sentenced, tendances, tendences
8 Letter Words for Antecedents
antecede, attendee, cadettes, canteens, dancette, datentes, desecate, detenant, detentes, edentate, enascent, enseated, ententes, neatened, scandent, sentence, setenant, tedescan, tenanted, tendance, tendence, tenendas
7 Letter Words for Antecedents
attends, cadette, candent, canette, canteen, cantest, centena, cetanes, datente, dateset, decanes, decants, decease, dectets, dennets, densate, dentate, descant, descent, detects, detente, detents, edestan, enacted, encased, encense, enecate, enneads, enscene, enstate, entente, estated, nascent, neatens, neatest, santene, scanned, scanted, scatted, scented, senecan, sennett, standee, standen, steaned, steened, stenned, stented, tannest, tedesca, tenaces, tenants, tendant, tendent, tenenda
6 Letter Words for Antecedents
adeste, anenst, annect, ascend, ascent, attend, cadees, cadent, cadets, canned, cannes, cannet, canted, casted, casten, catted, ceased, cedens, cedent, censed, centas, cetane, cetene, ctenes, dances, decane, decant, decast, decate, decene, decent, decnet, dectet, denets, dennet, densen, dentes, detant, detect, detent, detest, dtente, easted, ectene, enacts, enates, encase, endent, ennead, ensand, ensate, enseat, ensete, entete, estate, nances, neaten, neednt, neesed, nenets, nested, netted, santee, sateen, sceatt, scened, seance, seaned, seated, secant, secede, sedate, sedent, senate, sendee, seneca, sennet, sented, setnet, setted, settee, stacte, stance, staned, stated, steane, tanned, tasted, tasten, teades, teased, teated, teends, teened, teenes, teenet, teetan, tenace, tenant, tenent, tenets, tennes, tensed, tented, tested, testee
5 Letter Words for Antecedents
acned, acnes, acted, aedes, andes, anend, anent, annet, anted, antes, atees, cadee, cades, cadet, caese, caned, canes, canns, canst, cants, cased, caste, cates, cease, cedes, cense, cents, cesta, ceste, cetes, csnet, ctene, daces, dance, danes, dante, dants, dasnt, dates, deans, decan, deens, deets, denat, denes, denet, dense, dents, detat, dette, dsect, dtset, eaned, eased, eaten, ecads, ectad, eeten, enact, enate, enent, enets, entad, entea, entte, etens, etnas, nance, nanes, nants, nates, neats, needn, needs, neese, nenes, nenta, netes, sanct, saned, sated, scand, scant, scatt, sceat, scena, scend, scene, scent, sedan, sence, senna, sente, setae, snead, sneed, stade, stand, stane, state, stead, stean, stede, steed, steen, stend, stent, taces, tacet, tacts, taste, tates, teade, teads, teaed, tease, teats, tecta, teend, teene, teens, teest, tends, tenes, tenet, tenne, tense, tents, testa, teste, tsade
4 Letter Words for Antecedents
aced, aces, acne, acts, aden, adet, ance, ands, anes, anet, anne, anns, ante, ants, ated, ates, atte, attn, cade, cads, cand, cane, cann, cans, cant, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cede, cees, cene, cens, cent, cest, cete, dace, daes, dane, dans, dant, dase, dast, date, dean, deas, deen, dees, deet, dene, dens, dent, desc, detn, eans, ease, east, eats, ecad, edea, eden, ende, ends, ened, enes, ense, esca, esne, etas, etat, eten, etna, nace, nane, nant, nast, nats, neat, neds, need, neet, nene, nese, nest, nete, nets, nsec, sade, sand, sane, sant, satd, sate, scad, scan, scat, scet, sctd, sean, seat, sect, seed, seen, sena, send, sene, sent, seta, sett, sned, snee, stad, stat, sted, sten, stet, tace, tact, tade, tads, taed, taen, tane, tans, tate, tats, tead, tean, teas, teat, teca, teds, teed, teen, tees, teet, tend, tene, tens, tent, test, tete, tets
3 Letter Words for Antecedents
ace, act, adc, ade, ads, aes, anc, and, ane, ann, ans, ant, ase, ast, ate, att, cad, can, cat, cee, cen, cns, cst, cte, ctn, cts, dae, dan, das, dat, dca, dea, dec, dee, den, des, det, dna, ead, ean, eas, eat, ect, eds, eec, een, enc, end, ene, ens, esc, esd, ese, est, eta, etc, nad, nae, nas, nat, nea, ned, nee, net, nne, sac, sad, san, sat, scd, sct, sea, sec, sed, see, sen, set, sta, std, tad, tan, tas, tat, tdt, tea, tec, ted, tee, ten, tes, tet, tnt, tst
Definitions for Antecedents
[1] preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
[2] a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc.
[3] antecedents, ancestors. the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life: Little is known about his birth and antecedents.
[4] Grammar . a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence. In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it.
[5] Mathematics . the first term of a ratio; the first or third term of a proportion. the first of two vectors in a dyad.
[6] Logic . the conditional element in a proposition, as “Caesar conquered Gaul,” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”
[7] ancestry
[8] a person's past history
[9] an event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another
[10] grammar a word or phrase to which a pronoun refers. In the sentence "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," people is the antecedent of who
[11] logic the hypothetical clause, usually introduced by "if", in a conditional statement: that which implies the other
[12] maths an obsolescent name for numerator (def. 1)
[13] denying the antecedent logic the fallacy of inferring the falsehood of the consequent of a conditional statement, given the truth of the conditional and the falsehood of its antecedent, as if there are five of them, there are more than four: there are not five, so there are not more than four
[14] preceding in time or order; prior
Words related to Antecedents
antecedentancestor, ancestry, blood, descent, extraction, genealogy, line, progenitor, stock, antecessor, forebears, primogenitor
Words nearby Antecedents
antecedentanteater, antebellum, antecede, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent, antecedents, antecessor, antechamber, antechapel, antechoir
Origin of Antecedents
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin antecēdent- (stem of antecēdēns ) going before, present participle of antecēdere to antecede; see -ent
Words that may be confused with Antecedents
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, antecedentantecedence, antecedents
Other words from Antecedents
an·te·ce·den·tal [an-tuh -see-den -tl] /ˌæn tə siˈdɛn tl/ , adjective
an·te·ced·ent·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Antecedents
ancestor, ancestry, antecessor, blood, descent, extraction, forebears, forefather/mother, genealogy, line, primogenitor, progenitor, stock
