The initial symptoms of the disease are fever and sore throat.
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Initial
/ɪˈnɪʃəl/
Synonyms for "initial" (324 found)
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Closest matches (65)
Adjective(9 words)
Noun(19 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Determiner(1 words)
das erste wort
Strong matches (97)
Adjective(32 words)
early conceptearly cultureearly historyearly planningearly stageearly successionearly timesearly tradeearlyisheducational foundationendorsefirstfirst lawfirst letterfirst line therapyfirst movementfirst positionfounding belieffounding ceremonyfounding stock
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germ-relatedhead letterhighest animal labelinitial annalinitial capital fundinginitial letterinitial long moveinitial process stateintroductory lessonintroductory physics courseintroductory physics problemintroductory session
elementalelementaryembryonicendorsefetalfirstfirst blushfirst glancefirst impressionfirst inningfirst lapfirst movefirst roundfirst sightfirst stagefirst stepforemostformativefoundationalfundamental
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gambitgerminalgestatorygive permissiongive the go-aheadgive the imprimaturgive thumbs upheadmostin embryoin its infancyin the budinauguralinceptiveinchoateinchoativeincipientincunabularindorseinfancyinfantinfantileinitiativeinitiatoryinscribeintroductory
Noun(14 words)
elementary science courseentry level coursefirst coursefirst language instructionfirst language learnerfirstbornfoundingheadinginitial-capitalinitializinginitiatingintro courseintro physics conceptsintro physics topics
Determiner(3 words)
first language learningfirst language writing assignmentfirst treatment
Related words (162)
inventivele premier pasleadinglettermaidenmarkmonogramnascentnatalnotarizeokopeningopening moveoriginalparturientpasspass onpass uponpermitpioneer
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postnatalpregnantpreliminarypremiereprenatalprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimitivenessprimitivityprimogenialpristineprocreativeratifyrubber stamprudimentalrudimentarysanctionsay amen tosealsecondsignsign and sealstampsubscribe tosupportswear and affirmswear totranscribetransliterateundersignunderwriteurvalidatevisavisewarming-upwarrant
Verb(3 words)
Noun(45 words)
kickoffmonogramsmore introductorymost ancient near easternopening actopening ritualoriginal source collectionoriginal textparaphpilot culture change planpilot episodepilot itempilot modelpilot project resultspilot study reportpioneer researchprechange conditionprelimpreliminary design stagepreliminary tag
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premierpreproductionprimary classification criterionprimary election processprimary governing factorprimary source descriptorprimary written historyprimoprincipal inner officeprototype planrising of civilizationroman numeral onescratch projectsseed capitalseed gatheringsource comparison taskstarterstarter kitstarter potsteeoffteethingversalzerozero includedzeroth order
Adjective(45 words)
leadingonsetopeningopening steporiginal accountoriginal musical pieceoriginal versionpreliminarypreliminary data resultpreliminary diagnosispreliminary editpreliminary imaging diagnosispreliminary studypreparatory drawingpreparatory materialpreset setuppresumptive diagnosisprimprimary causeprimary component
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primary criterionprimary goalprimary language for learningprimary languagesprimary principleprimary propositionprimary purposeprimary responseprimary subjectprimary unitprimusprodromalprotoprototypicalrespiratory illness onsetrough draftrough sketchscreening testsignsigned communicationstartstarting blockstarting materialstarting motionstarting value
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8 entriescapital letterfirst letterinitial a contractinitial a forminitial phaseinitial stepintroductory phasepreparatory phase
Collocations
14 entriescapital letterfirst letterinitial a contractinitial a forminitial conceptinitial datainitial letterinitial phaseinitial planinitial resultsinitial stageinitial the documentinitial the pagesset your initials
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
2 entries1stfirst
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The novel had an initial print run of 10,000 copies.
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Could you initial here?
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Please initial and send back to us.
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