First

/fɜːst/

Synonyms for "first" (261 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Adjective(9 words)
foremost1stbeginningchieflyearlierearliestearliest dateearly civilizationsearly times
Noun(3 words)
Determiner(1 words)
das erste wort

Strong matches (78)

essentialexaltedexordialfamousfirst and foremostfirst blushfirst glancefirst impressionfirst inningfirst lapfirst movefirst placefirst roundfirst sightfirst stagefirst stepfirst stringfirst thingfirstlyfocal
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foreforegoingforehandforemostformerforwardfrom the beginningfrontfrontalfundamentalgambitgreatheadheadingheadmosthegemonichighestin advancein frontin preferencein the beginningin the forefrontin the foregroundin the frontin the leadinauguralinceptioninitialinitiallyinitiativeinitiatoryintroductorykeyle premier pasleadleadingleast
Noun(7 words)
first basefirst gearfirst-class honours degreeget-goinitial paragraphkickofflow
Adverb(4 words)
first of allfirst offfirstlyforemost
Adjective(10 words)
first rankinauguralinitialinitial annalinitial dateinitial draftinitiallyinitiativeinitiatoryleading

Related words (130)

Noun(16 words)
low gearmore initialmost ancient near easternnumber 1number oneoffsetonethoriginal textoutsetprimary classification criterionroman numeral oneshowtimestartstartingstarting timetop total grade
Adjective(26 words)
maidenmainopeningopening steporiginaloriginal accountoriginal musical pieceoriginal versionprimarilyprimaryprimary componentprimary criterionprimary goalprimary language for learningprimary languagesprimary principleprimary propositionprimary purposeprimary responseprimary subject
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primary unitprimusprincipalstarting materialstarting valueworld-class

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

17 entries
adverbdeterminergeargear mechanismhonourshonours degreeno.ordinalordinal adjectiveordinal numberordinal numeralpointpoint in timepositionpriority conceptpublication form

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

23 entries
beforehandchieflyearlierfirst attemptfirst chapterfirst choicefirst concernfirst draftfirst editionfirst placefirst printingfirst priorityfirst releasefirst stepinitial chapterinitially

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Collocations

11 entries
first aidfirst chapterfirst dayfirst draftfirst editionfirst gradefirst periodfirst placefirst priorityfirst stepfirst time

Derivations

5 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

similar

22 entries

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Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

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Finnish

1 entries
  • yhdesosa noun (fraction of an integer ending in one)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • -egyed noun (fraction of an integer ending in one)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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First, I'm going to do an outline of my new website.

Source: tatoeba (1549)

Wash before first wearing.

Source: tatoeba (1574)

To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.

Source: tatoeba (1582)

The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.

Source: tatoeba (2265)

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