The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANTEDATE , but the solution may also be PREDATE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Come before crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANTEDATE | 37 % | 8 |
| PREDATE | 30 % | 7 |
| PRECEDE | 24 % | 7 |
| ANTECEDE | 6 % | 8 |
| LEADTO | 1 % | 6 |
| PREEXIST | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Come before
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- precede
- appear
- front
- come up
- put before
- compear
- present
- lie before
- show up
- forecome
- front up
- kneel before
Crossword Answer definitions
ANTEDATE noun- Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
- Anticipation
- To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
- To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.
- To find earlier citational evidence for a term.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ANTEDATE
- Precede in time
- Come before
- Precede
- Opposite of "follow"
- Come earlier.
- Precede.
- Anticipate.
- Happen aforetime.
- Precede, as in time.
- Come before in time.
More clues leading to the result PREDATE
- Come before
- Antecede
- Happen before
- Happen earlier
- Were here before
- Mark the day in advance.
- Be earlier in time than.
- Come before.
- Mark as of a former time.
- Antecede.
More clues leading to the result PRECEDE
- Come before
- Come ahead of
- Go ahead of
- Go before
- Lead up to
- Go in advance of.
- Occur before.
- Be earlier than.
- Go before in rank.
- Forerun.
More clues leading to the result ANTECEDE
More clues leading to the result LEADTO
- Direct towards
- Guide
- Head for
- Come before
- Have as a consequence
- Result in
- Cause
- Bring about
- Generate
- Bring on