forerunners
Those who preceded
Forerunners are people or things that come before and indicate or prepare the way for what follows.
A forerunner may be a predecessor: The telegraph was a forerunner of the telephone.
It may also be a herald or advance sign: These clouds are forerunners of the coming storm.
In skiing, a forerunner is someone who skis the course before the competition to test conditions.
Creators of novel things
- trailblazersThose who open territory
- groundbreakersInnovators who start trends
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
vanguards · trendsetters · revolutionaries · founders · originators · explorers · discoverers · inventors
Prophetic signs or warnings
- portentsOminous indicators of future events
- signsDisplays conveying information
- signalsConveyed indications
- warningsAdvance notices of danger
heralds · messengers · presages · foreshadowing · forewarnings · foreboding · foretokens · augury
Original ancestors of a lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
- antecedentsThings coming before
- predecessorsThose coming before another
patriarchs · matriarchs · lineage · genealogy · heritage · bloodline · dynasty · descent
innovators
Creators of novel things
- trailblazersThose who open territory
- groundbreakersInnovators who start trends
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
visionaries · vanguards · trendsetters · revolutionaries · founders · originators · explorers · discoverers · inventors · creators
omens
Prophetic signs or warnings
- portentsOminous indicators of future events
- signsDisplays conveying information
- signalsConveyed indications
warnings · heralds · messengers · presages · foreshadowing · forewarnings · foreboding · foretokens · augury · auspices
progenitors
Original ancestors of a lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
- antecedentsThings coming before
predecessors · patriarchs · matriarchs · lineage · genealogy · heritage · bloodline · dynasty · descent · kinship
- trailblazerstrailblazers, pioneers, innovators, groundbreakers, pathfinders
- Antecedentsancestors, parents, grandparents, forebears, predecessors
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- navigatorsnavigators, navigator, pathfinders, helmsman, wayfinders
- HomininsAustralopithecus, Homo erectus, Homo, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal
- bringersmessengers, carriers, couriers, bearers, deliverers
forerunnerssuccessors
Those who follow after
followers · descendants · heirs · latecomers · inheritors
forerunnersoffspring
Biological descendants produced
results · products · outcomes · consequences · derivatives