predecessor Definition

successor, previous, replaced, forerunner, former, earlier, frontrunner, inherit, ancestor, progenitor, speaker, succession, antecedent, preceding, imprest, pioneer, precursor, precedent, representative, prelude, vanguard, anterior, front-runner, counterpart, forebear, namesake, incarnation, legacy, appointee, heir presumptive, president, latter, chancellor, confidant, tenure, helm, protege, contemporaries, boss, stewardship, foreganger, proconsul, directorship, technocrat, protegee, compatriot, underlings, chief, placeman, kindler, administrations, acolyte, ilk, loyalists, ouster, reins, eminence grise, departure, forbearer, adroitness, detractors, rivals, countryman, chief executive, piker, resignation, head honcho, chairmanship, nynex, heir apparent, mentor, outspokenness, reign, pragmatist, editorship, leadership, interregnum, colleague, crony, incumbent, balder, modernizer, lieutenants, deputy, antoninus pius, ousting, encomium, subordinates, appointment, hatchetman, zippier, defenestration, figurehead, generalissimo, fangio, chunkier, brethren, trustbuster, disciple, baronetcy,