THESAURUS
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Clarenceux, College of Arms, Gabriel, Garter, Lyon, Norroy, Norroy and Ulster, ancestor, announce, announcer, antecede, antecedent, antedate, anticipate, avant-garde, ballyhoo, be before, be early, bellwether, blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blaze the trail, blazon, blazon about, break the trail, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis, bushwhacker, celebrate, come before, commissar, commissary, commissionaire, commissioner, courier, crier, cry, cry out, declaim, delegate, earl marshal, emissary, envoy, evangel, evangelist, explorer, forebear, foregoer, forerun, forerunner, foreshadower, foreshow, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, give notice, go before, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald abroad, herald angel, innovator, introduce, king at arms, king of arms, lead, lead runner, leader, legate, messenger, minister, mouthpiece, notify, official spokesman, outrider, pathfinder, pioneer, point, preannounce, precede, precedent, precurse, precursor, predate, predecessor, preexist, preindicate, premonitor, presage, presager, proclaim, prolocutor, prolocutress, prolocutrix, promulgate, rapporteur, reporter, run before, scout, secretary, shout, speaker, spokesman, spokeswoman, stormy petrel, thunder, thunder forth, trailblazer, trailbreaker, trumpet, trumpet forth, usher in, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voice, voortrekker
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Precursor
N
precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor, forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur, pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider, leader, bellwether, herald, harbinger, foreboding, dawn, avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, voorlooper, voortrekker, prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos, protasis, proemium, prolusion, proem, prolepsis, prolegomena, prefix, introduction, heading, frontispiece, groundwork, preparation, overture, exordium, symphony, premises, prefigurement, omen, precursory, prelusive, prelusory, preludious, proemial, introductory, prefatory, prodromous, inaugural, preliminary, precedent, a precedent embalms a principle.
Priority
VB
precede, come before, forerun, go before, preexist, dawn, presage, herald, usher in, be beforehand, steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall, have the start, gain the start.
Precession
VB
go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance, precede, forerun, usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead, lead the way, lead the dance, get the start, have the start, steal a march, get before, get ahead, get in front of, outstrip, take precedence.
Prediction
VB
predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.
Publication
VB
publish, make public, make known, speak of, talk of, broach, utter, put forward, circulate, propagate, promulgate, spread, spread abroad, rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate, put forth, give forth, send forth, emit, edit, get out, issue, bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public, give out, give to the world, put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about, drag into the open day, voice, proclaim, herald, blazon, blaze abroad, noise abroad, sound a trumpet, trumpet forth, thunder forth, give tongue, announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets, proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross, advertise, placard, post, post up afficher, publish in the Gazette, send round the crier, raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report, set news afloat, be published, be public, become public, come out, go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about, get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind, find vent, see the light, go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current, go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land, virum volitare per ora, pass from mouth to mouth, spread, run like wildfire, spread like wildfire.
Messenger
N
messenger, envoy, emissary, legate, nuncio, internuncio, ambassador, marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman, pursuivant, parlementaire, apparitor, courier, runner, dak, estafette, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, commissionaire, errand boy, chore boy, newsboy, mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery, post, post office, letter bag, delivery service, United Parcel Service, UPS, Federal Express, Fedex, telegraph, telephone, cable, wire (electronic information transmission), carrier pigeon, (news) 532 reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, penny-a-liner, special correspondent, own correspondent, spy, scout, informer.