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Showing words for PRECURSOR using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Precursor

precursor, procurers

8 Letter Words for Precursor

croupers, procerus, procurer, procures

7 Letter Words for Precursor

corresp, coupers, courser, crouper, croupes, cruores, cuprose, procure, recoups, recours, repours, scorper, scourer, sprucer, spurrer

6 Letter Words for Precursor

cepous, cerous, copers, corers, corpse, corpus, corrup, corser, couper, coupes, coures, course, crores, croupe, croups, crouse, cruors, cuerpo, curers, curser, cursor, errors, percur, porers, poseur, poucer, pouser, prores, proser, purrer, purser, recoup, recour, recrop, recurs, repour, repros, ropers, rouper, rouser, scorer, sorcer, souper, source, sourer, spruce, spruer, uprose

5 Letter Words for Precursor

ceros, coper, copes, copse, copus, corer, cores, corps, corse, coupe, coups, coure, cours, crops, crore, crose, croup, crues, cruor, cruse, curer, cures, currs, curse, ecrus, error, euros, orcus, pecos, pocus, porer, pores, porus, poser, pouce, pours, prore, prose, pucer, puces, puers, purer, purre, purrs, purse, recur, repos, repro, resup, roper, ropes, rores, roser, roues, roups, rouse, ruers, rurps, scope, score, scoup, scour, sorer, souce, spore, sprue, sucre, super, surer

4 Letter Words for Precursor

ceps, cero, coes, cope, copr, cops, core, corp, corr, cors, cose, coue, coup, cour, cpus, cres, crop, crpe, crue, crup, crus, cues, cups, cure, curr, curs, cusp, ecru, ecus, epos, eros, errs, eruc, esop, euro, opec, opes, opus, orcs, ores, oups, ours, pecs, pers, peru, peso, porc, pore, porr, pose, pour, prec, pres, proc, pros, psec, puce, puer, pure, purr, purs, recs, repo, repr, reps, resp, rocs, roer, roes, rope, rose, roue, roup, rous, rucs, ruer, rues, rurp, ruse, scop, scup, scur, seco, seor, sero, serr, soce, sope, sore, soup, sour, spec, spor, spue, spur, suer, supe, supr, sure, ures, urps, user

3 Letter Words for Precursor

ceo, cep, cer, cop, cor, cos, cpo, cpr, cps, cpu, cro, crs, cru, csp, cue, cup, cur, eco, ecu, eos, err, ers, esc, esp, esr, esu, oer, oes, ope, ops, orc, ore, ors, ose, oup, our, ous, pec, per, pes, por, pos, prc, pre, pro, prs, pur, pus, rec, rep, res, roc, roe, ros, rps, ruc, rue, scr, sec, sep, ser, soc, sop, sou, sue, sup, sur, upo, ups, ure, urp, urs, use

Definitions for Precursor

[1] a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
[2] a person, animal, or thing that goes before and indicates the approach of someone or something else; harbinger: The first robin is a precursor of spring.
[3] Chemistry , Biochemistry . a chemical that is transformed into another compound, as in the course of a chemical reaction, and therefore precedes that compound in the synthetic pathway: Cholesterol is a precursor of testosterone.
[4] Biology . a cell or tissue that gives rise to a variant, specialized, or more mature form.
[5] a person or thing that precedes and shows or announces someone or something to come; harbinger
[6] a predecessor or forerunner
[7] a chemical substance that gives rise to another more important substance

Words related to Precursor

forerunner, harbinger, prototype, herald, usher, vanguard, messenger, outrider, predecessor, antecedent, parent, forebear, pioneer, originator, ancestor, original, antecessor

Words nearby Precursor

precordium, precostal anastomosis, precrime, precritical, precuneus, precursor, precursory, precursory cartilage, precut, precycle, pred.

Origin of Precursor

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin praecursor forerunner. See pre-, cursor

Word origin for Precursor

C16: from Latin praecursor one who runs in front, from praecurrere, from prae in front + currere to run

Synonyms for Precursor

forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, outrider, usher, vanguard