Synonyms of the word

anticipatory

• adj. Characterized by anticipation.

antecedent

• adj. Earlier, either in time or order.
• adj. presumptive.
• n. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
• n. An ancestor.
• n. (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
• n. (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.
• n. (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated…
• n. (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

preceding

• adj. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
• v. present participle of precede.

prevenient

• adj. Of or pertaining to prevenience.