Thesaurus:foreword

Thesaurus

foreword

English

Noun

Sense: an introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document

Synonyms

• forespeech
• foretale
• foretalk
• foreword

Antonyms

• afterword    [⇒ thesaurus]
• back matter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• epilogue
• endsay
• conclusion
• last word
• postamble

Hypernyms

• adjunct    [⇒ thesaurus]
• writing

Holonyms

• book    [⇒ thesaurus]
• front matter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prelims
• publication

Coordinate terms

Sometimes broadly synonymous

• exordium
• introduction
• isagoge
• preface
• lead (journalism)
• lede (journalism, chiefly US)
• lead-in
• preamble
• prolegomenon
• prologue
• prolusion
• proem
• proemium
• protasis

Various

• introductory
• prelude
• prefatory
• preliminary
• protactic
• protatic

See also

• forward (commonly confused homophone)

Further reading

• “64. precursor” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “foreword” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.