What does "front matter" mean?

Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.

Front matter

Q: What is a synonym for "front matter"?

Common synonyms include: acknowledgment, acknowledgments, anteriority, article, avant-propos, back.

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun

1
Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text. uncountable
"Meronyms: acknowledgements, copyright page, dedication, edition notice, foreword, frontispiece, half title, introduction, preface, prologue, table of contents, title page"
2
written matter preceding the main text of a book wordnet

Synonyms

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acknowledgment acknowledgments anteriority article avant-propos back

Antonyms

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back matter body matter

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"Meronyms: acknowledgements, copyright page, dedication, edition notice, foreword, frontispiece, half title, introduction, preface, prologue, table of contents, title page"

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