precursory
Signaling what follows
Precursory means serving as a precursor—coming before and indicating or preparing for what follows.
A precursory symptom hints at an approaching illness; precursory remarks introduce a main topic.
The word is formal and relatively rare; preliminary or introductory often serve the same function in everyday speech.
Foretelling future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foretasteAdvance indication
- preludeIntroductory piece or event
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
omen · portent · forewarning · foreboding · premonitory · adumbration · foretoken · augury
Name's opening letter
- genesisPoint of creation
- inceptionFounding moment
- originStarting point or source
- beginningInitial stage of something
nascent · incipient · seminal · embryonic · formative · rudimentary · germinal · originative
Serving as a sign
- symptomaticShowing signs of disease
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- signifyingExpressing or conveying meaning
- heraldingSignaling the approach of
announcing · portending · betokening · presaging · hinting · intimating · telegraphing · pointing
prophetic
Foretelling future events
harbinger · omen · portent · forewarning · foreboding · premonitory · adumbration · foretoken · augury · prognostic
initial
Name's opening letter
beginning · nascent · incipient · seminal · embryonic · formative · rudimentary · germinal · originative · pioneering
indicative
Serving as a sign
- symptomaticShowing signs of disease
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- signifyingExpressing or conveying meaning
heralding · announcing · portending · betokening · presaging · hinting · intimating · telegraphing · pointing · alerting
precursorysubsequent
Occurring after something else
following · succeeding · ensuing · after · later
precursoryfinal
Last and decisive
conclusive · ultimate · terminal · concluding · culminating
precursoryresulting
Following as effect
consequential · resultant · derivative · retroactive · retrospective