Definition for Introduction:

• Introducing; preliminary matter prefixed to book; ( as title) introductory treatise; formal presentation of one person to another; letter of i. ( given by one person to another& introducing him to a third). [ French]

Synonyms for Introduction:

• n.

  •
  • addendum,
  • artwork,
  • back,
  • blurb,
  • afterword,
  • body,
  • acknowledgments,
  • binding,
  • appendix.
  •
  • acquisition,
  • assimilation,
  • education,
  • exploratory,
  • insight,
  • flashcard,
  • hothouse,
  • exercise,
  • advanced.
  •
  • awakening,
  • enlightenment.
  •
  • balance of payments,
  • foreword,
  • blockade,
  • balance of trade,
  • embargo,
  • common market,
  • export.
  •
  • meet,
  • manual,
  • book,
  • introduce,
  • handbook,
  • survey,
  • elements,
  • run into,
  • see,
  • meet up,
  • present,
  • come-on,
  • grammar,
  • bump into,
  • text,
  • encounter,
  • come across.
  •
  • accept,
  • be noted for,
  • be a household name/word,
  • be/become (a) legend,
  • have the world at your feet.
  •
  • words.
  •access (noun)
  • open arm.
  •act (noun)
  • sketch,
  • shows,
  • schtick,
  • piece.
  •admission (noun)
  • re cognitions,
  • re-cognitions,
  • re-cognition,
  • re cognition.
  •admittance (noun)
  • entree.
  •appearance (noun)
  • unveilings,
  • exhibition,
  • Re-presentation.
  •baptism (noun)
  • baptismals,
  • rite passage,
  • dunkings,
  • sanctifications.
  •beginning (noun)
  • cradle,
  • babyhood,
  • source,
  • hatching,
  • genesis,
  • inception,
  • stem,
  • precursor,
  • infancy,
  • sprout,
  • emergence,
  • dawn,
  • preparation,
  • derivation,
  • birth,
  • inauguration,
  • commencement,
  • conception,
  • spring,
  • nascency,
  • earliness,
  • creation,
  • embryo.
  •communication (noun)
  • introduction.
  •debut (noun)
  • first step,
  • incomings,
  • coming out party,
  • first steps,
  • Graduating.
  •discovery (noun)
  • sightings,
  • exploration,
  • Unearthing.
  •entry (noun)
  • entry.
  •exposure (noun)
  • un masking,
  • divulgences,
  • ex pose,
  • laying opens,
  • un folding,
  • un-maskings,
  • ex-pose,
  • susceptivenesses,
  • denudations,
  • un-folding,
  • un-masking,
  • unmaskings,
  • un maskings,
  • defenselessnesses,
  • divulgings.
  •first appearance (noun)
  • first appearance.
  •front matter (noun)
  • explanatory matter.
  •origin (noun)
  • blast offs,
  • out-breaks,
  • git goes,
  • embarkations,
  • out breaks,
  • out break,
  • out-break.
  •preliminary (noun)
  • pre-ambles,
  • first rounds,
  • pre ambles.
  •prelude (noun)
  • antecedent,
  • foregoing,
  • preceding,
  • leading,
  • avant-garde.
  •presentation (noun)
  • de-liveries,
  • de livering,
  • pro positions,
  • pre sent,
  • pro position,
  • de livery,
  • pro-positions,
  • sub-missions,
  • deliverings,
  • pre-sents,
  • sub missions,
  • dog pony show,
  • pre-sent,
  • sales pitches,
  • de-livery,
  • de-livering,
  • sub mission,
  • de liveries,
  • sub-mission.
  •prologue (noun)
  • ex-planations,
  • ex planation,
  • ex planations.
  •reception (noun)
  • Recipience.
  •something new; something that begins (noun)
  • insertion,
  • opening remarks,
  • interpolation,
  • installation,
  • preface,
  • exordium,
  • launch,
  • first acquaintance,
  • overture,
  • institution,
  • essentials,
  • basic principles,
  • establishment,
  • intro,
  • admittance,
  • ingress,
  • Preliminaries,
  • basic text,
  • first taste,
  • lead,
  • Pioneering,
  • preamble,
  • addition,
  • Proem,
  • Hornbook,
  • opening.
  •unveiling (noun)
  • unveiling.
  •word (noun)
  • communiques,
  • by-word,
  • by-words,
  • communique,
  • in formation,
  • Re-mark.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • continuation,
  • apprenticeship,
  • smattering,
  • outbreak,
  • orientation,
  • outset,
  • Prolegomenon,
  • resumption,
  • primer,
  • lead time,
  • onset,
  • imposition,
  • resurrection,
  • jumping-off point,
  • arrival,
  • outburst,
  • birthplace,
  • breeding ground,
  • starting point,
  • renewal,
  • kickoff,
  • flying start,
  • lead-in.
  •
  • first base,
  • word,
  • honeymoon,
  • germ,
  • recovery,
  • rebirth,
  • spark.
  •
  • lift off.
  •
  • starter,
  • leader,
  • root.
  •
  • flier.
  •
  • return.

Paraphrases for Introduction:

• Equivalence

  • Adverb
    introductions.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    introductions.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    beginning, production.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Recommendations, Abbreviations, nations, chairs, Resources, Introducing, equals, estimates, introduce, paras, adoption, adoptions, initiation, inclusion, intro, entering, preface.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acronyms, annexes, mis, Abbreviations, arrival, Introducing, introduce, inauguration, operationalization, institutionalisation, realization, lodging, realisation, Institutionalization, transition, phasing-in, issuance, penetration, apparition, formulation, import, forefront, adoption, proclamation, initiation, influx, chapeau, inclusion, transposition, commissioning, depiction, characterization, acquisition, intro, phase-in, inscription, inputting, circulation, commercialization, 'insertion, recommendation, criminalization, intervention, generalization, uptake, elaboration, accession, preface, instigation, conversion, enshrinement, declaration, lay-out, domestication, occurrence, attainment, existence, designation, extension.
  • Verb, past tense
    Introduced.
  • Verb, base form
    introduce, Introduced.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    presentations, presentation, Introduced, submissions, incorporation, foreword, preamble.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    advent, roll-out, promulgation, prelude, emergence, importation, presentation, onset, incorporation, achievement, entering, foreword, completion, preamble.
  • Interjection
    intro.
  • Verb, base form
    presentation.

Antonyms for Introduction:

• n.

  • something new; something that begins
    completion, end, finish, ending, conclusion.
  • Other antonyms:
    closing, cessation, finale, epilogue, expulsion, close, postscript, termination, ejection, exit, rejection, envoi, exclusion, withdrawal, egress, departure, refusal, aftermath, stop.

Introduction Sentence Examples:

• But first I will write a chapter of introduction.

• A good source is Yule's Introduction to the Theory of Statistics.

Holonyms for Introduction:

• n.

  • communication
    address, recital, yarn, speech, narration.

Hypernym for Introduction:

• n.

  • communication
    foreword, opening, prologue, Prolegomenon, preamble, exordium, prolusion, preface.

Hyponym for Introduction:

• n.

  • communication
    school text, schoolbook, text, textbook, section, proposal, text edition, subdivision.