WordNet: preceding

existing or coming before

• also see antecedent

• attribute timing

• attribute temporal relation

• similar to above

• similar to above-mentioned, above-named

• similar to foregoing

• similar to introductory, prefatorial, prefatory

• similar to precedent

• similar to premedical

• similar to preparative, preparatory, propaedeutic

• similar to old, previous

preceding

• (englanti) succeeding (antonym)
• (suomi) edeltävä (synonyymi)