preceding

1. 1.

   existing or coming before

   Antonymssucceeding

   Similaraboveabove-mentionedforegoingintroductoryprecedentpremedicalpreparatoryprevious
2. 2.

   of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

   “a retiring member of the board”

   Synonymspastretiring

   Similaroutgoing

Questions about preceding

What does preceding mean?

preceding means "existing or coming before". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preceding?

preceding has 3 syllables: pre-ce-ding. The stress falls on "ce". In IPA it is /pɹiˈsidɪŋ/.

What is another word for preceding?

Close synonyms include past, retiring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of preceding?

The recorded antonyms are succeeding.

Is preceding a common word?

preceding is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with preceding?

6 words rhyme with preceding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.