One entry found for forerunner.

Entry Word: forerunner
Function: noun
Text: 1 one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another <the return of the swallows is traditionally regarded as a forerunner of spring>
Synonyms angel, foregoer, harbinger, herald, precursor
Related Words foreboder, foreshadower, foretaste, forewarning; advertiser, announcer, crier, proclaimer; courier, messenger, runner; augury, omen, portent, presage; mark, sign, symptom; bellwether
2 something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed <enjoyed the demonstration of the simple hand loom that was the forerunner of today's computer-controlled looms> -- see ANCESTOR 2