- 2. Premunition, prior measure, preventive measure, provision.
Precautionary, a. Provident, preservative, preventive.
Precede, v. a. Go before (in place or in time), go ahead of, take the lead of, be anterior to, take precedence of, lead, introduce, herald, usher in, head.
Precedence, Precedency, n.
- 1. Priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence.
- 2. Preference, superiority, pre-eminence, lead, supremacy.
Precedent, a. Antecedent, See Preceding.
Precedent, n. Authoritative example, prior instance, antecedent, example, pattern, historic warrant, authority in past practice.
Preceding, a. Antecedent, precedent, anterior, previous, prior, precursory, earlier, foregoing, above, above-mentioned, aforesaid, above-named.
Precept, n.
- 1. Command, injunction, instruction, order, mandate, commandment, behest, dictate, decree, edict, law,
ordinance, ordination, regulation, canon.
- 2. Doctrine, principle, maxim, rule, direction.
Preceptor, n. Teacher, tutor, instructor, master, schoolmaster. See Pedagogue.
Precinct, n.
- 1. Limit, confine, bound, boundary, terminus, term, list, border, frontier, march, purlieu, environs.
- 2. District, territorial division.
Precious, a.
- 1. Costly, of great price, priceless.
- 2. Very valuable, of great worth, of great value, inestimable, priceless.
- 3. Dear, beloved, darling, very estimable, highly esteemed or valued, cherished, treasured, prized,
idolized, adored.
- 4. (Ironical.) Good-for-nothing, worthless contemptible, base, despicable, pitiful.