What is another word for preexistent?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈiːksɪstənt] (IPA)

Preexistent is a term used to describe something that already exists prior to another event or occurrence. Its synonyms encompass words such as pre-existing, anterior, existing beforehand, and prior existent. Other synonymous terms include longstanding, pre-established, and previously existing. Words such as ex-situ and ex-ante can also be used to describe the same meaning as preexistent. It can be challenging to find the right term that precisely defines what one wants to express. However, understanding synonyms for the word preexistent is necessary to communicate effectively in speech or writing. The synonym one chooses should depend on the context and comprehension level of the intended audience.

What are the opposite words for preexistent?

Preexistent is an adjective used to describe something that existed before. The antonyms for preexistent are words that have the opposite meaning. The first antonym is non-existent, which means something does not exist at all. Another antonym is contemporary, which means something or someone that exists at the same time as another thing or person. The third antonym is posterior, which means something that comes after or happens later. Finally, the antonym for preexistent is new, which means something that is recently made or discovered. These antonyms help us to describe things that do not exist, exist later or are contemporary, or things that are new in comparison to preexistent things.

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Usage examples for Preexistent

Tumors arise from cells of preexistent tissue.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
There is promise that, as the demology of aboriginal America is pushed forward, the records relating to the Siouan Indians and especially to their structure and institutions will aid in explaining why some stocks are limited and others extensive, why large stocks in general characterize the interior and small stocks the coasts, and why the dominant peoples of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were successful in displacing the preexistent and probably more primitive peoples of the Mississippi valley.
"The Siouan Indians"
W. J. McGee
I must stop, captain; no one can describe the woman he loves save very imperfectly, preexistent mysteries which defy analysis lie between them.
"The Country Doctor"
Honore de Balzac

Famous quotes with Preexistent

  • Heroes have filled the zodiac of beneficent labors, and then given up their mortal part to the fire without a murmur. Sages and lawgivers have bent their whole nature to the search for truth, and thought themselves happy if they could buy, with the sacrifice of all temporal ease and pleasure, one seed for the future Eden. Poets and priests have strung the lyre with heart-strings, poured out their best blood upon the altar which, reare'd anew from age to age, shall at last sustain the flame which rises to highest heaven. What shall we say of those who, if not so directly, or so consciously, in connection with the central truth, yet, led and fashioned by a divine instinct, serve no less to develop and interpret the open secret of love passing into life, the divine energy creating for the purpose of happiness; — of the artist, whose hand, drawn by a preexistent harmony to a certain medium, moulds it to expressions of life more highly and completely organized than are seen elsewhere, and, by carrying out the intention of nature, reveals her meaning to those who are not yet sufficiently matured to divine it; of the philosopher, who listens steadily for causes, and, from those obvious, infers those yet unknown; of the historian, who, in faith that all events must have their reason and their aim, records them, and lays up archives from which the youth of prophets may be fed. The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose·
    Margaret Fuller

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