antedate

antedate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. noun. Anticipation.
3. transitive verb. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
4. transitive verb. To precede in time.
5. transitive verb. To anticipate; to make before the true time.
6. verb. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

   Synonyms: foredate, predate

7. verb. be earlier in time; go back further

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

   Synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate

Synonyms

foredate, predate, antecede, forego, forgo, precede

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in antedate:

edentata

Common word forms

antedated, antedates, antedating

Words from these letters

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