States and conditions

Synonyms for precede

The synonym for precede recorded in this bank is forego, in the sense "be earlier in time". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for precede

foregoverb, in the sense "be earlier in time"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for precede.

The senseverbTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

be earlier in time

Stone tools precede bronze tools.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

forego

Same sentence, swapped: Stone tools forego bronze tools.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

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lead
outrank

Where precede turns up in the game

precede is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where precede is the trap

succeedverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is follow, in the sense "be the successor (of)", and precede is on the board beside it.
coincideverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is align, in the sense "to happen at the same time as something else", and precede is one of the three tiles that lose.
predateverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is prey, in the sense "prey on or hunt for", with precede sitting one tile away.

Play precede

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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