Antonyms of verb predate

2 of 4 senses of predate

Sense 1
predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate -- (be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools")
       Antonym of postdate (Sense 1)
      => postdate, follow -- (be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday")

Sense 4
predate, antedate, foredate -- (establish something as being earlier relative to something else)
       Antonym of postdate (Sense 2)
      => postdate -- (establish something as being later relative to something else)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb predate

4 senses of predate

Sense 1
predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate -- (be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools")

Sense 2
precede, predate -- (come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify")
       => lie -- (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sense 3
raven, prey, predate -- (prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs")
       => forage -- (wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods")

Sense 4
predate, antedate, foredate -- (establish something as being earlier relative to something else)
       => chronologize, chronologise -- (establish the order in time of something; "The archivist chronologized the documents")

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