previousness
[ pree-vee-uhs ]
Synonyms for previousness
- antecedence
- earliness
- lead
- precedency
- precession
- preeminence
- preexistence
- preference
- primary
- priority
- rank
- seniority
- superiority
- supremacy
- anteposition
- prevenience
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PREVIOUSNESS
The priest will of course require the youthful sinners to confess and do penance for their previousness before he will marry them.
A flash of good sense showed her the previousness of her calculations, and she mentally withdrew her hand from meddling.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR PREVIOUSNESS
precedence
nounhighest in rank; first in orderprecedency
nounprecedenceRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.