Word Meanings - INTRODUCTORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INTRODUCTORY)

• Anterior
• Prior
• foregoing
• antecedent
• previous
• precursive
• precedent
• earlier
• Introductory
• preliminary
• former
• Preamble
• Preface
• introduction
• exordium
• opening
• introductory
• part
• Precursory
• Prevenient
• prefatory
• initiatory
• prior
• premonitory
• prognosticative
• Prefatory
• preclusive
• initiative
• prevenient
• proemial
• Preliminary

Related words: (words related to INTRODUCTORY)

• ANTERIORITY
  The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.
• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• PRIORSHIP
  The state or office of prior; priorate.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• PREVIOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
• PRECEDENTLY
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• PRECLUSIVE
  Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. -- Pre*clu"sive*ly, adv.
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• PROEMIAL
  Introductory; prefatory; preliminary. Hammond.
• ANTECEDENT
  1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing.
• FOREGO
  1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach,
• PRECEDENTED
  Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.
• PREFATORY
  Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks. That prefatory addition to the Creed. Dryden.
• INITIATORY
  1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall. 2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
• PRIORITY
  1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others.
• OPEN
  1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures
• OPEN-MOUTHED
  Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
• PRELIMINARY
  Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations. Syn. -- Introductory; preparatory;
• EXORDIUM
  A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and
• PRIORATE
  The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton.
• DEFORMER
  One who deforms.
• PROPENE
  See PROPYLENE
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• SUBPRIOR
  The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
• MISINFORMER
  One who gives or incorrect information.
• SCOLOPENDRINE
  Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
• INFORMER
  One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution
• TWOPENNY
  Of the value of twopence.
• PROPENSION
  The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.