Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > P Synonyms of precession Find synonyms for: Noun1. precession, motionusage: the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone2. precession, precedence, precedency, activityusage: the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of precession (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tendentious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language