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synonyms for preexisting

  • above-mentioned
  • preceding
  • previous
  • antecedent
  • anterior
  • former
  • forward
  • past
  • precedent
  • aforementioned
  • ahead
  • before
  • foregoing
  • preexistent
On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to preexisting, such as: above-mentioned, preceding, previous, antecedent, anterior, and former.

antonyms for preexisting

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  • later
  • after
  • current
  • following
  • future
  • present
  • subsequent
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How to use preexisting in a sentence

The whole dialogue ends in an admirable vision in which he teaches that man chose his lot on earth in a preexisting state.
AUTHORS OF GREECET. W. LUMB
The features of a glacier trough depend much on the length of time the preexisting valley was occupied with ice.
THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGYWILLIAM HARMON NORTON
The wvork required to effect the upheavals must be derived from some preexisting source of energy.
THE BIRTH-TIME OF THE WORLD AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC ESSAYSJ. (JOHN) JOLY
If eternal, how could they assume the empire of an independent and preexisting world?
THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIREEDWARD GIBBON
The present neutrality act of April 20, 1818, is but little more than a collection of preexisting laws.
A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTSJAMES D. RICHARDSON
How many previous encounters proved their preexisting acquaintance?
ULYSSESJAMES JOYCE
With this altered image of the woman before him, his preexisting ideal becomes blended.
ELSIE VENNEROLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
For how are we to conceive that preexisting consciousness should govern the formation of the body, move, warm, or guide it?
THREE PHILOSOPHICAL POETSGEORGE SANTAYANA
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WORDS RELATED TO PREEXISTING

  • above-mentioned
  • aforementioned
  • ahead
  • antecedent
  • anterior
  • before
  • foregoing
  • former
  • forward
  • past
  • precedent
  • preceding
  • preexistent
  • preexisting
  • previous
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.