What is another word for initial?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnˈɪʃə͡l], [ ɪnˈɪʃəl], [ ɪ_n_ˈɪ_ʃ_əl]
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Similar words for initial:
- beginning (adjective)
- early (adjective)
- original (adjective)
- rudimentary (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- elementary (adjective)
- foremost (adjective)
- inceptive (adjective)
- incipient (adjective)
- infant/infantile (adjective)
- introductory (adjective)
- leading (adjective)
- maiden (adjective)
- pioneer (adjective)
- primary (adjective)
- primary/prime (adjective)
- virgin/virginal (adjective)
- kickoff (noun)
- contract (verb)
- engrave (verb)
- mark (verb)
- sign (verb)
- undersign (verb)
- underwrite (verb)
- contract
- earliest
- engrave
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Initial:
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adj.
• beginning- Commencing ,
- Dawned ,
- aboriginal ,
- alpha ,
- baby ,
- beginning ,
- budding ,
- early ,
- embryonic ,
- emerging ,
- fetal ,
- formative ,
- genesis ,
- hatching ,
- inaugural ,
- incipient ,
- infant ,
- infantile ,
- maiden ,
- new ,
- newborn ,
- original ,
- preliminary ,
- preparatory ,
- primal ,
- primeval ,
- primordial ,
- sprouting ,
- starting .
- Proleptical ,
- a bit previous ,
- prevenient ,
- ancient ,
- antediluvian ,
- antiquated ,
- brand-new ,
- early bird ,
- fresh ,
- raw ,
- recent ,
- undeveloped ,
- young .
- First-hand ,
- authentic ,
- creative ,
- genuine ,
- ingenious ,
- innovative ,
- novel ,
- prototypical ,
- underivative ,
- underived ,
- unique .
- abcs ,
- child's play ,
- clear ,
- duck soup ,
- easy ,
- facile ,
- meat and potatoes ,
- simplest ,
- simplified ,
- straightforward ,
- substratal ,
- uncomplicated ,
- underlying .
- a-1 ,
- a-number-1 ,
- arch ,
- champion ,
- chief ,
- heavy ,
- heavy stuff ,
- heavyweight ,
- highest ,
- most important ,
- paramount ,
- preeminent ,
- principal ,
- supreme .
- babyish ,
- callow ,
- childish ,
- childlike ,
- dawning ,
- developing ,
- emergent ,
- growing ,
- immature ,
- juvenile ,
- kid ,
- naive ,
- puerile ,
- tender ,
- unripe ,
- weak ,
- youthful .
- more inductive ,
- more precursory ,
- more prelusive ,
- more preparative ,
- more proemial ,
- more starting ,
- most inductive ,
- most precursory ,
- most prelusive ,
- most preparative ,
- most proemial ,
- most starting ,
- pre cursory ,
- pre-cursory ,
- pro visional ,
- pro-visional ,
- provisional .
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n.
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•
- assignment .
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v.
• contract- accept offer ,
- adjust ,
- agree ,
- arrange ,
- assent ,
- bargain ,
- bound ,
- buy ,
- circumscribe ,
- clinch ,
- close ,
- commit ,
- consent ,
- covenant ,
- dicker ,
- engage ,
- enter into ,
- firm a deal ,
- it's a deal ,
- limit ,
- negotiate ,
- obligate ,
- owe ,
- pact ,
- pledge ,
- promise ,
- put in writing ,
- set ,
- settle ,
- stipulate ,
- undertake .
- bite ,
- burn ,
- chase ,
- chisel ,
- cut ,
- embed ,
- fix ,
- grave ,
- hatch ,
- infix ,
- ingrain ,
- instill ,
- lodge ,
- ornament ,
- scratch ,
- stipple .
- XED ,
- auto graphed ,
- auto graphing ,
- auto-graphed ,
- auto-graphing ,
- under line ,
- under lined ,
- under lines ,
- under lining ,
- under-line ,
- under-lined ,
- under-lines .
- puts john hancock on ,
- puts john henry on ,
- putting john hancock on ,
- putting john henry on ,
- rubber-stamped ,
- rubber-stamping ,
- rubberstamped ,
- rubberstamping ,
- rubberstamps ,
- set hand to ,
- set one hand to ,
- set ones hand to ,
- sets hand to ,
- sets one hand to ,
- sets one's hand to ,
- sets ones hand to ,
- setting hand to ,
- setting one hand to ,
- setting one's hand to ,
- setting ones hand to ,
- signatured ,
- signaturing ,
- sub scribe ,
- sub scribed ,
- sub scribes ,
- sub scribing ,
- sub-scribed ,
- sub-scribes ,
- sub-scribing .
- put one john hancock on ,
- put ones john hancock on ,
- puts one john hancock on ,
- puts one's john hancock on ,
- puts ones john hancock on ,
- putting one john hancock on ,
- putting one's john hancock on ,
- putting ones john hancock on ,
- under sign ,
- under signed ,
- under signing ,
- under signs ,
- under-sign ,
- under-signed ,
- under-signing ,
- under-signs .
- angeled ,
- angeling ,
- collateraled ,
- collateraling ,
- counter sign ,
- counter signed ,
- counter signing ,
- counter signs ,
- counter-sign ,
- counter-signed ,
- counter-signing ,
- counter-signs ,
- end owed ,
- end owing ,
- end-owed ,
- end-owing ,
- pro vide ,
- pro vided ,
- pro vides ,
- pro viding ,
- pro-vide ,
- pro-vided ,
- pro-vides ,
- pro-viding ,
- provided financing ,
- provides financing ,
- providing financing ,
- under write ,
- under writes ,
- under writing ,
- under written ,
- under wrote ,
- under-write ,
- under-writes ,
- under-writing ,
- under-written ,
- under-wrote .
Other synonyms:
- Inceptive ,
- all along ,
- alphabet ,
- alphabetical ,
- alphabetize ,
- block capitals ,
- block letters ,
- capital ,
- earliest ,
- endorse ,
- front end ,
- initially ,
- initiatory ,
- nameless ,
- namesake ,
- naming ceremony ,
- nee ,
- oldest ,
- originally ,
- pioneer ,
- plain ,
- script ,
- the earliest ,
- titular ,
- unnamed ,
- upper case .
- under .
- John Hancock ,
- countersign ,
- prime ,
- ratify ,
- sign away ,
- sign on ,
- sign on the dotted line ,
- signature ,
- witness .
- Of .
- by .
Other relevant words:
- CHALKS ,
- Chalked ,
- Chalking ,
- XES ,
- blotched ,
- blotching ,
- chalk ,
- contract ,
- engrave ,
- funded ,
- lettering ,
- mark ,
- provide financing ,
- rubber stamped ,
- rubber-stamps ,
- rubberstamp ,
- set one's hand to ,
- sign ,
- splotched ,
- splotching ,
- under-lining ,
- undersign ,
- underwrite ,
- writes .
- Initialing ,
- Inked ,
- Inking ,
- become indebted ,
- come around ,
- give one's word ,
- give word ,
- go along with ,
- hammer out deal ,
- initialled ,
- ink ,
- inks ,
- make terms ,
- pacted ,
- pacting ,
- shake hands on it ,
- sign for ,
- sign papers ,
- sign up ,
- signed up ,
- signing up ,
- signs up ,
- swear to ,
- work out details .
- Crosshatching ,
- Diapering ,
- Embedding ,
- Enchase ,
- Enchased ,
- Enchasing ,
- Graving ,
- Initialed ,
- Lithographed ,
- Lithographing ,
- cross hatch ,
- cross-hatching ,
- crosshatch ,
- crosshatched ,
- diaper ,
- diapered ,
- diapers ,
- etch ,
- graved ,
- imprint ,
- inscribe ,
- instilling ,
- intaglio ,
- intaglios ,
- lithograph ,
- lithographs ,
- mezzotint ,
- mezzotinting ,
- mezzotints ,
- printed .
- Capitally ,
- Embarcation ,
- Gestatory ,
- Headmost ,
- INIT ,
- Inchoation ,
- Paramountly ,
- Primely ,
- Primogenial ,
- Proemial ,
- Rudimental ,
- abecedarian ,
- accept ,
- accredit ,
- advance ,
- affirm ,
- aggression ,
- agree to ,
- alphabetic character ,
- already ,
- amen ,
- antecedent ,
- antecedently ,
- antenatal ,
- appoint ,
- approve ,
- at first ,
- at the outset ,
- at the start ,
- attack ,
- authenticate ,
- authorise ,
- authorize ,
- autochthonous ,
- autograph ,
- basal ,
- basic ,
- beforehand ,
- begin ,
- begin with ,
- birth ,
- breaking-in ,
- brunt ,
- cap ,
- capitalize ,
- cardinally ,
- certify ,
- character ,
- charge ,
- chiefly ,
- coming in ,
- commence ,
- commencement ,
- confirm ,
- cosign ,
- creation ,
- creator ,
- dawn ,
- debut ,
- defend ,
- document ,
- earlier ,
- elemental ,
- elementary ,
- emboss ,
- emergence ,
- enlist ,
- enroll ,
- enter ,
- essential ,
- essentially ,
- establish ,
- fall to ,
- first blush ,
- first impression ,
- first of all ,
- first round ,
- first sight ,
- first stage ,
- first step ,
- firstly ,
- forerunning ,
- former ,
- formerly ,
- formers ,
- foundation ,
- foundational ,
- fresh start ,
- fundamental ,
- gambit ,
- germinate ,
- get cracking ,
- give permission ,
- give the go-ahead ,
- give thumbs up ,
- go ,
- illumination ,
- illustration ,
- impress ,
- in embryo ,
- in its infancy ,
- in the beginning ,
- in the bud ,
- inaugurate ,
- inauguration ,
- inception ,
- inchoate ,
- inchoative ,
- incipience ,
- incunabular ,
- incursion ,
- indorse ,
- infancy ,
- initials ,
- initiation ,
- initiative ,
- inroad ,
- introduction ,
- inventive ,
- kick off ,
- kickoff ,
- large letter ,
- leading ,
- leadoff ,
- let ,
- log ,
- maiden speech ,
- mainly ,
- majuscule ,
- monogram ,
- move ,
- natal ,
- notarize ,
- old ,
- onset ,
- onslaught ,
- opening move ,
- organic ,
- origin ,
- originate ,
- outbreak ,
- outset ,
- outstandingly ,
- parturient ,
- pass ,
- pass on ,
- pass upon ,
- permit ,
- photogravure ,
- postnatal ,
- preceding ,
- precursor ,
- predecessor ,
- preeminently ,
- prefatory ,
- pregnant ,
- premier ,
- premiere ,
- premonitory ,
- prenatal ,
- previous ,
- previously ,
- primarily ,
- primitive ,
- primitively ,
- primitiveness ,
- principally ,
- prior ,
- pristine ,
- proceed ,
- procreative ,
- prolegomenous ,
- put one's john hancock on ,
- record ,
- register ,
- rise ,
- rubber stamp ,
- rudiment ,
- rudimentary ,
- run ,
- sanction ,
- say amen to ,
- seal ,
- second ,
- seminal ,
- shakedown ,
- shoot forth ,
- sign and seal ,
- sign your name ,
- stage ,
- stamp ,
- start ,
- start with ,
- startup ,
- stock ,
- subscribe to ,
- suffer ,
- support ,
- sustain ,
- tailpiece ,
- threshold ,
- transcribe ,
- transliterate ,
- ultimate ,
- usher in ,
- validate ,
- vignette ,
- virgin ,
- virginal ,
- visa ,
- vise ,
- warming up ,
- warrant .
- Infantine ,
- Kidder ,
- Prelusive ,
- at cutting edge ,
- at the cutting edge ,
- at the leading edge ,
- first ,
- foremost ,
- germinal ,
- hot stuff ,
- hotdog ,
- hotshot ,
- idiopathic ,
- inductive ,
- introductory ,
- lead off ,
- nascent ,
- numero uno ,
- out-standing ,
- pre-eminent ,
- precursory ,
- preparative ,
- primo ,
- right up front ,
- simplex ,
- uncomplex ,
- unfledged ,
- untapped .
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How to use "Initial" in context?
When we hear the word "initial," what comes to mind? For many people, it may be a capital letter at the beginning of a word, or the first letter of a word. But what exactly is an initial?
An initial is the first letter of a word. It's also the first letter of a name. For example, Jonathan's name starts with the letter J.
Paraphrases for Initial:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
-
Adjective
original, preliminary, upfront, first-time.
-
Proper noun, singular
original, preliminary, initialled.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
first, historical, indigenous, leading, maiden, main, pretrial, primitive, principal, principled, provisional, rudimentary, teething, tentative, first-ever, up-front, pre-service, early-stage, first-stage.
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Proper noun, singular
first.
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Noun, singular or mass
first, initiation, teething.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Initial:
n.
-
communication
letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character, letter.
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communication
v.
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communication
sign.
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communication
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