Synonyms for Prelude:

• n.

  •
  • arpeggio,
  • crescendo,
  • flourish,
  • excerpt,
  • counterpoint,
  • coda,
  • accompaniment,
  • descant,
  • cadence,
  • breakbeat.
  •
  • air,
  • adagio,
  • cantata,
  • chorus,
  • chant,
  • bass,
  • voluntary,
  • allegro,
  • arrangement,
  • music,
  • andante,
  • concerto.
  •
  • words,
  • induction.
  •beginning (noun)
  • conception,
  • babyhood,
  • emergence,
  • genesis,
  • inauguration,
  • derivation,
  • nascency,
  • hatching,
  • infancy,
  • inception,
  • earliness,
  • embryo,
  • origin,
  • birth,
  • cradle,
  • sprout,
  • commencement,
  • precursor,
  • source,
  • stem,
  • start,
  • creation,
  • spring,
  • dawn,
  • nativity,
  • preparation.
  •beginning of event (noun)
  • exordium,
  • preamble,
  • prelusion,
  • curtain-raiser,
  • preface,
  • intro.
  •communication (noun)
  • prelude.
  •foreword (noun)
  • Exordia,
  • Exordiums.
  •introduction (noun)
  • opening,
  • forward.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • foreword,
  • introduction,
  • tenders,
  • overture,
  • first round,
  • conciliatory move,
  • beginning,
  • prologue,
  • Proem,
  • prelims,
  • preliminary.
  •overture (noun)
  • conciliatory moves,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro position,
  • pro positions.
  •preamble (noun)
  • pre-ambles,
  • pre ambles.
  •preface (noun)
  • ex planations,
  • pre-face,
  • ex-planations,
  • pre faces,
  • pre-faces,
  • ex planation,
  • pre face.
  •preliminary (noun)
  • first rounds.
  •prelude (noun)
  • antecedent,
  • avant-garde,
  • leading,
  • preceding,
  • foregoing.

• v.

  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • function,
  • spiel,
  • play,
  • serve.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lead-in,
  • Prolegomenon,
  • precondition.
  •
  • buildup.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • gap,
  • prefixation,
  • piece,
  • take,
  • elapse,
  • front matter,
  • leadoff,
  • warm-up,
  • anterior,
  • easy,
  • accept,
  • dominion,
  • primordial,
  • antecedency,
  • feeler,
  • entrance,
  • usher,
  • elemental,
  • premises,
  • prolusion,
  • incipiency,
  • prior,
  • admit,
  • go,
  • incipience,
  • unfold,
  • innovation,
  • antecedence,
  • receive,
  • Anteposition,
  • elementary,
  • bring out,
  • first,
  • past,
  • primary,
  • groundwork,
  • invest,
  • basic,
  • central,
  • Protasis,
  • pristine,
  • frontispiece,
  • announce,
  • urgency,
  • primitive,
  • presupposition,
  • initiatory,
  • prolepsis,
  • previous,
  • heading,
  • aperture,
  • leap,
  • discover,
  • mouth,
  • forerunner,
  • precursory,
  • introductory,
  • opportunity,
  • superiority,
  • incipient,
  • insert,
  • crack,
  • prelim,
  • approach,
  • prefatory,
  • standard,
  • disclose,
  • advertise,
  • introduce,
  • anteriority,
  • hold,
  • fundamental,
  • come,
  • institute,
  • postulate,
  • break,
  • access,
  • initiation,
  • basal,
  • breakthrough,
  • initiate,
  • lead,
  • outset,
  • Prothesis,
  • reveal,
  • precedence,
  • precedency,
  • get off,
  • Prolegomena,
  • inaugurate,
  • prefix,
  • precession,
  • initial,
  • advance,
  • install,
  • verse,
  • prologize,
  • advancement,
  • vamp,
  • begin,
  • ring in,
  • preference,
  • priority,
  • run,
  • precede,
  • disappear,
  • rudimentary,
  • preclusion,
  • proceed,
  • simple,
  • progress,
  • premise,
  • symphony,
  • avant-propos,
  • preparatory,
  • inchoate,
  • front position,
  • door,
  • get.

Paraphrases for Prelude:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    beginning.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    preamble, preface, preparation, harbinger, precondition, pre-condition, anticipation, precedent.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    precursor, lead-up, introduction, run-up, prerequisite, foreword, pre-requisite.

Antonyms for Prelude:

• n.

  • beginning of event
    conclusion, completion, finish, epilogue, ending, end, stop, Postlude.
  • Other antonyms:
    cessation, aftermath, finale, envoi, closing, close, postscript, termination.

Hypernym for Prelude:

• n.

  • communication
    chorale prelude.

Hyponym for Prelude:

• n.

  • communication
    music.
  • event
    inception, origination, origin.

• v.

  • creation
    spiel, play.
  • stative
    serve, function.