Thesaurus:initial

Thesaurus

initial

English

Adjective

Sense: the first or starting point of something

Synonyms

• beginning    [⇒ thesaurus]
• commencing
• earliest
• first
• incipient
• initial
• maiden (figurative)
• nascent
• opening
• original
• primary
• prime
• primeval
• primordial
• starting

Antonyms

• eternal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• final    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• emergent    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• elementary
• inchoate
• immature
• unripe
•   —
• aboriginal
• primeval
•   —
• introductory
• prefatory
• preliminary
• premisory
• preparatory
• prolusory

Hypernyms

• early    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:beginning (noun)
• Thesaurus:former
• Thesaurus:natal (adjective; relating to birth)

Further reading

• “66. beginning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “initial” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.