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foreword - 6 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | foreword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction to a document |
| Synonyms: | overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelude, proem, prologue, exordium, prelusion, prolegomenon |
| Notes: | the foreword is written by someone other than the author; the preface is written by the author or editor preface and foreword were once considered the same (Latin praefari 'speak before,' Germanic/Anglo-Saxon vorwort 'preface') but now preface is written by the author and foreword by someone else |
| Antonyms: | addendum, epilogue, postscript |
| Main Entry: | introduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something new; something that begins |
| Synonyms: | addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, establishment, foreword, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, launch, lead, opening, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prologue, survey, basic principles, basic text, essentials, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, hornbook, interpolation, intro, lead-in, opening remarks, pioneering, preliminaries, prolegomenon |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | overture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction, approach |
| Synonyms: | advance, bid, foreword, invitation, offer, opening, preamble, preface, prelude, presentation, proem, prologue, proposal, proposition, signal, suggestion, tender, conciliatory move, exordium, prelusion |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, finish |
| Main Entry: | preface |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction |
| Synonyms: | beginning, explanation, foreword, overture, preamble, preliminary, prelude, proem, prologue, exordium, prelusion, prolegomenon |
| Antonyms: | appendix, conclusion, ending, epilogue, finish |
| Main Entry: | prelude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of event |
| Synonyms: | commencement, foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, preparation, proem, prologue, start, curtain-raiser, exordium, intro, prelusion, prolegomenon |
| Antonyms: | ending, epilogue, postlude |
| Main Entry: | prologue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preface |
| Synonyms: | beginning, explanation, foreword, introduction, opening, overture, preamble, prelude, proem, exordium, prolegomenon |
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