Another Word For FIRST

original

Adjective : (not comparable) Newly created.

Adjective : (comparable) Fresh, different.

Adjective : (not comparable) First in a series of copies or versions.

initial

Noun : The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).

Adjective : Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

Adjective : Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.

number one

Adjective : (idiomatic) First; foremost; best, often used after its headword.

Noun : The most important person, the one who is in charge.

Noun : Someone who is top of a ranking, who is ranked first.

first of all

Verb : (sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

first off

Verb : (sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else. Often used to introduce the first in a list of points to be made in conversation.

firstly

Verb : (formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.

basic

Adjective : Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

Adjective : Necessary, essential for life or some process.

Noun : A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

prime

Adjective : First in importance, degree, or rank.

Adjective : First in time, order, or sequence.

Adjective : First in excellence, quality, or value.

premier

Noun : (politics, UK, Westminster system) The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.

Noun : (politics, Australia, Canada, South Africa) The leader of a state or provincial government and cabinet.

Noun : (politics, UK parliament) The prime minister.

introductory

Adjective : Introducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.

initiative

Noun : A beginning; a first move.

Noun : The ability to act first or on one's own.

Noun : A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.

prototypic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a prototype; prototypical

prototypal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a prototype

initiatory

Adjective : Of or pertaining to initiation

Adjective : inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory

Noun : An introductory act or rite.

archetypical

Adjective : (by extension) Very typical.

Adjective : In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized or most representative model.

prototypical

Adjective : Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.

inaugural

Adjective : Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.

Noun : An inauguration; a formal beginning.

Adjective : Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.

archetypal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to an archetype.

best

Adjective : Most superior; most favorable.

Adjective : Most; largest.

Verb : To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.

commencement

Noun : (education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

Noun : (education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

Noun : The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.

outset

Noun : An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.

Verb : (Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.

beginning

Noun : (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

Noun : That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

Noun : That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

start

Noun : The beginning of an activity.

Noun : A sudden involuntary movement.

Noun : The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.

opening

Noun : An act or instance of making or becoming open.

Noun : A gap permitting passage through.

Noun : An act or instance of beginning.

offset

Noun : Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

Verb : (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

Noun : (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

foremost

Adjective : Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.

Adjective : Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.

Adjective : Coming before (all) others in time.

forward

Adjective : (not comparable) Situated toward or at the front of something.

Adjective : (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.

Adjective : Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.

top

Noun : The highest or uppermost part of something.

Noun : (irrespective of present orientation) The part of something that is usually highest or uppermost.

Noun : The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.

freshman

Noun : (US, Canada, Philippines) a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body

Noun : (obsolete) a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge

firstborn

Noun : The first child to be born to a parent or family.

Adjective : Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.

Adjective : Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

premiere

Noun : The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.

Noun : The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.

Verb : (intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time.

oldest

Noun : The oldest child in a family, or individual in a group.

ordinal

Noun : An ordinal number such as first, second and third.

Adjective : (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.

Adjective : (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.

maiden

Noun : (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.

Noun : A maidservant.

Noun : A clothes maiden.

kickoff

Noun : Alternative spelling of kick-off. [(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.]

1st

Adjective : Abbreviation of first. [Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.]

low

Adjective : Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.

Adjective : Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.

Adjective : (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.

low gear

Noun : The lowest gear available from a transmission or other gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle.

Noun : (with indefinite article "a") One of the lower gears available from a gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle.

Noun : (figurative) A state of sluggish or minimal activity.

first gear

Noun : The first gear of a transmission or other gearbox, which usually is the one that provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage, except in setups in which there is a granny gear.

eldest

Noun : The eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.

Adjective : (card games) (of a player) Receiving cards from the dealer first, before any other players.

Adjective : (card games) (of a hand) Having higher, or superior cards.

first base

Noun : (baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.

Noun : (singular only, US, colloquial) Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.

Noun : (singular only, by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity.

first-class honours degree

Noun : an honours degree of the highest clas

first-year

Noun : Alternative form of first year. [(countable) A first-year student.]

for the first time

Verb : the initial tim

number 1

Noun : the first element in a countable serie

starting time

Noun : The moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.

primary

Adjective : First or earliest in a group or series.

Adjective : Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.

Adjective : (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.

primarily

Verb : (focus) Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost.

precedence

Noun : The state of preceding in importance or priority.

Noun : Precedent.

priority

Noun : An item's relative importance.

Noun : A goal of a person or an organisation.

Noun : The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.

principal

Adjective : Primary; most important; first level in importance.

Noun : (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.

Noun : (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.

originally

Verb : (not comparable) As it was in the beginning; at first.

Verb : In an original manner.

important

Adjective : Having relevant and crucial value; having import.

Adjective : (obsolete) Pompous; self-important.

main

Adjective : Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.

Adjective : Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.

Adjective : (dialectal) Big; angry.

first-line

Adjective : Of prime quality or importance.

Adjective : Of first resort.

Adjective : At the lowermost supervisory level.

prima

Adjective : most important

Noun : Short for prima ballerina. [The leading ballerina in a dance company.]

principle

Noun : A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

Noun : (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.

Noun : A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.

preceding

Adjective : Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

mainly

Verb : Chiefly; for the most part.

Verb : (obsolete) To a great degree; very much.

Verb : (obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously.

previous

Adjective : (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

Adjective : (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.

Noun : (informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")

new

Adjective : Recently made, or created.

Adjective : Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

Adjective : Additional; recently discovered.

ago

Adjective : (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

Adjective : (archaic or dialectal) Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

Noun : Initialism of Attorney General's Office.

case

Noun : An actual event, situation, or fact.

Noun : A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.

Noun : (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

early

Adjective : Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

Adjective : At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

Verb : At a time before expected; sooner than usual.

previously

Verb : (with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time; already.

Verb : (television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.

Verb : (now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.

formerly

Verb : previously; once

Verb : at some time in the past

former

Adjective : Previous.

Adjective : First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.

Noun : Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.

aboriginal

Adjective : Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.

Adjective : First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.

Noun : An animal or plant native to a region.

prior

Adjective : Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.

Adjective : More important or significant.

Verb : Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously.

beforehand

Verb : At an earlier or preceding time.

Adjective : (archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.

Adjective : (obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

première

Verb : (less common) Alternative spelling of premiere. [(intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time.]

Noun : (less common) Alternative spelling of premiere. [The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.]

most

Verb : Forms the superlative of many adjectives.

Verb : To a great extent or degree; highly; very.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) The greater part.

earlier

Verb : previously; before now; sooner

Adjective : occurring previously

before

Verb : At an earlier time.

Verb : (chiefly literary or poetic) In advance in position or sequence; ahead.

Noun : (uncommon, often poetic) That which occurred or existed previously.

preliminary

Adjective : In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.

Noun : A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.

Noun : Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists

bonus

Noun : Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

Noun : An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

Noun : (video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.

paramount

Adjective : (often postpositive) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.

Adjective : Of the highest importance.

Noun : A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.

especially

Verb : (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.

Verb : (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.

Verb : (manner) In a special manner; specially.

sooner

Verb : rather.

Noun : (informal) A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma

Noun : (collegiate sports) A competitor representing the University of Oklahoma.

pioneering

Adjective : Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques.

Noun : The activity of the verb pioneer.

Noun : A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots.

next

Adjective : Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.

Verb : In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.

Adjective : Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

very

Verb : To a great extent or degree.

Verb : (with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.

Adjective : (literary) True, real, actual.

any

Verb : To even the slightest extent, at all.

second

Adjective : Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.

Adjective : Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

Noun : Something that is number two in a series.

particular

Adjective : Specific; discrete; concrete.

Adjective : Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

Adjective : Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

secondly

Verb : In the second place.

initially

Verb : At the beginning.

anyway

Verb : (conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow.

Verb : Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.

Verb : Used to indicate a change of subject.

soon

Adjective : Short in length of time from the present.

Verb : Within a short time; quickly.

Adjective : Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

initiation

Noun : The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

Noun : The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

Noun : (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.

prerequisite

Noun : Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.

Adjective : Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

Noun : In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.

formative

Adjective : Capable of forming something.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.

Adjective : (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.

last

Adjective : Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Adjective : Most recent, latest, last so far.

Adjective : Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.

tops

Verb : (informal) At the very most; as a maximum.

Adjective : (slang, dated) Great; excellent.

Noun : (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

once

Verb : (frequency) One and only one time.

Verb : (temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.

Verb : (mathematics) Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.

inception

Noun : The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.

Noun : A layering, nesting, or recursion of something within itself.

example

Noun : Something that is representative of all such things in a group.

Noun : Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.

Noun : Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).

differential

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a difference.

Adjective : Dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive.

Noun : A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.

immediate

Adjective : Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

Adjective : Very close; direct or adjacent.

Adjective : Manifestly true; requiring no argument.

first-time

Adjective : Happening for the first time; doing something for the first time.

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