Synonyms for First | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "first" (261 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Adjective(9 words)

foremost1stbeginning chiefly earlier earliestearliest dateearly civilizationsearly times

ab initioab ovoaborigine ahead alpha antecedent anterior anticipatory archat firstat the startbanner basic beforebefore everythingbeforehand beginning bestblue ribbonbreaking-in

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by choiceby electionby votecapital cardinal central champion chief chiefly ci-devant commencement crowning dominant earlier earliest early elder elementary eminent especially

Noun(3 words)

be originalbeginning commencement

Determiner(1 words)

das erste wort

Strong matches (78)

essential exalted exordial famousfirst and foremostfirst blushfirst glancefirst impressionfirst inningfirst lapfirst movefirst placefirst roundfirst sightfirst stagefirst stepfirst stringfirst thingfirstly focal

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fore foregoing forehand foremost former forwardfrom the beginningfront frontal fundamental gambit great head heading headmost hegemonic highestin advancein frontin preferencein the beginningin the forefrontin the foregroundin the frontin the leadinaugural inception initial initially initiative initiatory introductory keyle premier paslead leading least

Noun(7 words)

first basefirst gearfirst-class honours degreeget-goinitial paragraphkickoff low

Adverb(4 words)

first of allfirst offfirstly foremost

Adjective(10 words)

first rankinaugural initialinitial annalinitial dateinitial draftinitially initiative initiatory leading

Related words (130)

Noun(16 words)

low gearmore initialmost ancient near easternnumber 1number oneoffset onethoriginal textoutsetprimary classification criterionroman numeral oneshowtime start startingstarting timetop total grade

magisterial maiden main mainly master measly native older oldest openingopening moveoriginal originally outset outstanding overruling paramount pioneer precedent preceding

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Adjective(26 words)

maiden main openingopening steporiginaloriginal accountoriginal musical pieceoriginal versionprimarily primaryprimary componentprimary criterionprimary goalprimary language for learningprimary languagesprimary principleprimary propositionprimary purposeprimary responseprimary subject

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primary unitprimus principalstarting materialstarting valueworld-class

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

17 entries

adverb determiner geargear mechanismhonourshonours degreeno.ordinalordinal adjectiveordinal numberordinal numeralpointpoint in timepositionpriority conceptpublication form

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More specific

23 entries

beforehand chiefly earlierfirst attemptfirst chapterfirst choicefirst concernfirst draftfirst editionfirst placefirst printingfirst priorityfirst releasefirst stepinitial chapterinitially

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Collocations

11 entries

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

Derivations

5 entries

first-rate firstborn firsthand firstly firstness

Antonyms

2 entries

last second

similar

22 entries

archetypal archetypical basic best early eldest first-year firstborn freshman front initial introductory opening ordinal original premier

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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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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