preceding (adj.)

• above
• advanced
• aforementioned
• ante
• antecedent
• anterior
• anticipatory
• avant-garde
• chief
• earlier
• early
• elder
• ere
• erstwhile
• exploratory
• first
• fore
• foregoing
• foremost
• former
• front
• in
• inaugural
• initiatory
• last
• latter
• leading
• older
• original
• other
• past
• precedent
• precursory
• preexistent
• prefatory
• preliminary
• preparatory
• prevenient
• previous
• prime
• prior
• propaedeutic
• senior
• to
• van