forerunning (adjective) preceding: earlier, above
Detalii: preceding means 'occurring immediately before the time of the utterance,' while previous means 'occurring at some time before the utterance'
Sinonime: bar sinister, bastard, bastardy, by-blow, fruit of adultery, illegitimate child, natural child, nullius filius, spurious offspring, whoreson
Antonime: after,
below,
following,
later