Synonyms and related words :
announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, be before, be early, blaze the trail, break the trail, come before, foreglimpse, foresee, foreshow, forestall, foretaste, get ahead of, give notice, go before, go off half-cocked, guide, harbinger, herald, introduce, jump the gun, lead, notify, pace, pioneer, preannounce, precede, precurse, predate, preexist, preindicate, presage, proclaim, run before, usher in, win the start