Exact Match:
- precede
- furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
Synonyms:
- announce,
- antecede,
- antedate,
- anticipate,
- be before,
- be early,
- be the bellwether,
- beacon,
- blaze the trail,
- break ground,
- break the ice,
- break the trail,
- come before,
- come first,
- create,
- forerun,
- foreshadow,
- front,
- get ahead of,
- get before,
- go ahead of,
- go before,
- go in advance,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- have priority,
- have the start,
- head,
- head the line,
- head the table,
- head up,
- herald,
- initiate,
- introduce,
- invent,
- kick off,
- lap,
- lead,
- lead off,
- lead the dance,
- lead the way,
- light the way,
- originate,
- outrank,
- outstrip,
- pace,
- pioneer,
- play first fiddle,
- precurse,
- predate,
- preexist,
- presage,
- proclaim,
- rank,
- rank first,
- rank out,
- rate,
- set the pace,
- spearhead,
- stand first,
- star,
- take precedence,
- take the initiative,
- take the lead,
- take the plunge,
- usher,
- usher in