Synonyms for precedence
ˈprɛs ɪ dəns, prɪˈsid nsprece·dence

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1. precedence

   Synonyms:
   superiority, lead, priority, preference, antecedence, supremacy, pre-eminence

   Antonyms:
   inferiority, sequence, subordination, posteriority

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1. precedence, precedency, prioritynoun

   status established in order of importance or urgency

   "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"

   Synonyms:
   priority, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, antecedence, precession

2. priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedencynoun

   preceding in time

   Synonyms:
   priority, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, antecedence, precession

3. precession, precedence, precedencynoun

   the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

   Synonyms:
   priority, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, antecedence, precession

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1. precedencenoun

   Synonyms:
   priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence

2. precedencenoun

   Synonyms:
   preference, superiority, pre-eminence

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1. List of paraphrases for "precedence":

   priority, primacy, preference, pre-eminence, preponderance, supremacy, prevail

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1. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   We have here a human as well as an economic problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.

2. Governor Cuomo:

   The federal DOJ takes precedence over the state legislature, that's true. They find it offensive. I'm sorry, but that is true.

3. Chinese:

   In learning, age and youth go for nothing; the best informed take the precedence.

4. Kim Wyman:

   The precedence of this is just unnerving for election officials across the country, and it should alarm every American in the country.

5. Abdullah Pratt:

   It doesn't shock me at all, it's really more of the same when you look at Chicago and Illinois and the politics. Is it upsetting ? Of course, it's upsetting. I could think of a million topics that could take precedence over that one incident.