Previousness [noun]

Definition of Previousness:

highest in rank; first in order

Synonyms of Previousness:

● Supremacy

● Lead

● Preeminence

● Primary

● Rank

● Priority

● Superiority

● Preference

● Seniority

● Antecedence

● Precedency

● Precession

● Preexistence

● Earliness

● Anteposition

● Prevenience


Opposite/Antonyms of Previousness:

● Lowest

● Subservience

● Last

● Inferiority


Sentence/Example of Previousness:

The priest will of course require the youthful sinners to confess and do penance for their previousness before he will marry them.

A flash of good sense showed her the previousness of her calculations, and she mentally withdrew her hand from meddling.