Synonyms of the word

forego

• v. To precede, to go before.
• v. Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish.

antecede

• v. To go before; to precede.
• v. To predate or antedate.

antedate

• v. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
• v. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.
• n. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
• n. (obsolete) anticipation.

forgo

• v. To let pass, to leave alone.
• v. To do without, to abandon.
• v. To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.

precede

• v. (transitive) To go before, go in front of.
• v. (intransitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
• v. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
• n. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay).

predate

• v. To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time…
• v. (transitive) To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this…
• n. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date…
• v. To prey upon something.