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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, basic, commencing, earliest, early, elementary, embryonic, first, foremost, fundamental, germinal, headmost, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, infant, initial, initiative, introductory, leading, leadoff, nascent, opening, original, pioneer, virgin |
| Main Entry: | initial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beginning, primary |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, basic, commencing, earliest, early, elementary, embryonic, first, foremost, fundamental, germinal, headmost, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, infant, initiative, initiatory, introductory, leading, nascent, opening, original, pioneer, virgin |
| Antonyms: | closing, final, last |
| Main Entry: | introductory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preliminary, first |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, inaugural, incipient, inductive, initial, initiatory, opening, original, precursory, prefatory, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, primary, prior, proemial, provisional, rudimentary, starting |
| Antonyms: | concluding, ending, final, finishing, last |
| Main Entry: | maiden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest |
| Synonyms: | beginning, first, fresh, inaugural, initial, initiatory, intact, introductory, new, original, pioneer, primary, prime, unbroached, untapped, untried, unused |
| Antonyms: | concluding, final, latest |
| Main Entry: | preliminary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | introductory, initial |
| Synonyms: | basic, elemental, elementary, exploratory, first, fundamental, inductive, initiatory, opening, pilot, preceding, precursory, prefatory, preparatory, preparing, primal, primary, prior, qualifying, readying, test, trial |
| Antonyms: | closing, concluding, final |
| Main Entry: | inceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, basic, commencing, earliest, early, elementary, embryonic, first, foremost, fundamental, germinal, headmost, inaugural, inchoate, incipient, infant, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, leading, leadoff, nascent, opening, original, pioneer, virgin |
| Main Entry: | leadoff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, basic, commencing, earliest, early, elementary, embryonic, first, foremost, fundamental, germinal, headmost, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, infant, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, leading, nascent, opening, original, pioneer, virgin |
| Main Entry: | prolegomenous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preliminary |
| Synonyms: | basic, elemental, elementary, exploratory, first, fundamental, inductive, initiatory, introductory, opening, pilot, preceding, precursory, prefatory, preparatory, preparing, primal, primary, prior, qualifying, readying, test, trial |
| Main Entry: | prolegomenous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | introductory |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, inaugural, incipient, inductive, initial, initiatory, opening, original*, precursory, prefatory, preliminary, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, primary, prior, proemial, provisional, rudimentary, starting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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