What is another word for initial?
691 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnˈɪʃə͡l], [ ɪnˈɪʃəl], [ ɪ_n_ˈɪ_ʃ_əl]
The term "initial" means the first or beginning step of something, and there are various synonyms for this word. Some of them include "primary," "incipient," "first," "commencing," "inaugural," "foundational," "opening," "preliminary," and "incipient." Some other similar words that can also be used instead of "initial" include "elemental," "fundamental," "basic," "rudimentary," "starting," and "early." Each of these synonyms may mean slightly different things depending on the context in which they are used, but they all suggest the start or first phase of something. Regardless of the synonym used, it is important to always understand the exact meaning to ensure clear communication.
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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:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
original, preliminary, upfront, first-time.
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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.
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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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