Word Meanings - INTRODUCTORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INTRODUCTORY)
- Anterior
- Prior
- foregoing
- antecedent
- previous
- precursive
- precedent
- earlier
- Introductory
- preliminary
- former
- Preamble
- Preface
- introduction
- exordium
- opening
- introductory
- part
- Precursory
- Prevenient
- prefatory
- initiatory
- prior
- premonitory
- prognosticative
- Prefatory
- preclusive
- initiative
- prevenient
- proemial
- Preliminary
Related words: (words related to INTRODUCTORY)
- ANTERIORITY
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope. - OPENNESS
The quality or state of being open. - PRIORSHIP
The state or office of prior; priorate. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - PREVIOUSNESS
The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time. - PRECEDENTLY
Beforehand; antecedently. - PRECLUSIVE
Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. -- Pre*clu"sive*ly, adv. - OPEN SEA
A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum. - PROEMIAL
Introductory; prefatory; preliminary. Hammond. - ANTECEDENT
1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing. - FOREGO
1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, - PRECEDENTED
Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole. - PREFATORY
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks. That prefatory addition to the Creed. Dryden. - INITIATORY
1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall. 2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. - PRIORITY
1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others. - OPEN
1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures - OPEN-MOUTHED
Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange. - PRELIMINARY
Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations. Syn. -- Introductory; preparatory; - EXORDIUM
A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and - PRIORATE
The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - PROPENE
See PROPYLENE - PROPENSE
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n. - SUBPRIOR
The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior. - MISINFORMER
One who gives or incorrect information. - SCOLOPENDRINE
Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra. - INFORMER
One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution - TWOPENNY
Of the value of twopence. - PROPENSION
The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.