Initial

//ɪˈnɪʃəl//

Synonyms for "initial" (159 found)

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Closest matches (32)

first incipient opening abecedarian aboriginal accept accredit affirm alpha alphabet alphabetize amen antecedent antenatal approve authenticate authorize autochthonous autograph basic

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beginning breaking-in budding capital capitalize certify character commencing confirm cosign

Adjective(2 words)

beginning commencing

Strong matches (48)

Related words (79)

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

5 entries

alphabetic character early letter letter of the alphabet sign

More specific

12 entries

aboriginal elementary emergent immature inchoate introductory prefatory preliminary premisory preparatory prolusory unripe

Antonyms

1 entries

final

Synonyms

3 entries

drop cap incipient opening

Related terms

9 entries

former init initialize initiate initiation initiative middle monogram natal

derived

26 entries

coinitial head-initial initial caps initial coin offering initial condition initial mass function initial object initial point initial public offering initial reject initial setting time initial teaching alphabet initial topology initial value problem initial-value problem initialese

Showing 16 of 26 words.

entails

1 entries

approve

has context

3 entries

calligraphy phonology typesetting

is a

1 entries

letter

manner of

1 entries

sign

related to

16 entries

beginning early first letter middle name onset person phonetics phonology position sign signature syllable unit word

similar

3 entries

1st first

Translations

175 translations across 39 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀρκτικός adj (chronologically first)

Arabic

1 entries

حَرْف أَوَّلِيّ noun (first letter of a word)

Armenian

1 entries

սկզբնատառ noun (first letter of a word)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

birinci adj (spatially first)
ibtidai adj (chronologically first)
ilk adj (spatially first)
ilkin adj (chronologically first)

Bashkir

4 entries

алдағы adj (spatially first)
алғы adj (spatially first)
баштағы adj (spatially first)
беренсе adj (chronologically first)

Bulgarian

4 entries

начален adj (spatially first)
първоначален adj (chronologically first)
инициал noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
начална буква noun (first letter of a word)

Catalan

4 entries

inicial adj (chronologically first)
inicial adj (spatially first)
caplletra noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)
inicial noun (first letter of a word)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

初始 adj (chronologically first)
最初 adj (chronologically first)
紐 /纽 noun (first part of a syllable (onset))
聲母 /声母 noun (first part of a syllable (onset))

Czech

4 entries

počáteční adj (chronologically first)
počáteční adj (spatially first)
výchozí adj (chronologically first)
iniciála noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)

Dutch

4 entries

aanvankelijk adj (chronologically first)
beginletter noun (first letter of a word)
initiaal noun (first letter of a word)
voorletter noun (first letter of a word)

Esperanto

4 entries

inicialo noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
inicialoj noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
ĉeflitero noun (first letter of a word)
ĉeflitero noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)

Finnish

4 entries

alku adj (chronologically first)
alkuperäinen adj (chronologically first)
alustava adj (chronologically first)
ensimmäinen adj (spatially first)

French

4 entries

initial adj (chronologically first)
initial adj (spatially first)
initiale noun (first letter of a word)
initiale noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)

Galician

1 entries

iniciais noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)

German

4 entries

anfänglich adj (chronologically first)
anfänglich adj (spatially first)
erster adj (spatially first)
ursprünglich adj (chronologically first)

Greek

4 entries

αρχικός adj (chronologically first)
αρχικό γράμμα noun (first letter of a word)
μονογραφή noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
πρωτόγραμμα noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)

Hungarian

4 entries

kezdeti adj (chronologically first)
kezdő adj (spatially first)
iniciálé noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)
kezdőbetű noun (first letter of a word)

Icelandic

3 entries

fangamark noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
upphafsstafir noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
upphafsstafur noun (first letter of a word)

Irish

4 entries

ceannlitir noun (first letter of a word)
ceannlitir noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)
iniseal noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)
túslitir noun (first letter of a word)

Italian

2 entries

iniziale adj (chronologically first)
iniziale adj (spatially first)

Japanese

4 entries

初期の adj (chronologically first)
始めの adj (chronologically first)
始めの adj (spatially first)
最初の adj (spatially first)

Kazakh

2 entries

тұңғыш adj (chronologically first)
тұңғыш adj (spatially first)

Korean

4 entries

두문자 noun (first letter of a word)
성모 noun (first part of a syllable (onset))
첫소리 noun (first part of a syllable (onset))
초성 noun (first part of a syllable (onset))

Latin

2 entries

initiālis adj (chronologically first)
principiālis adj (chronologically first)

Lithuanian

1 entries

pradinis adj (chronologically first)

Macedonian

2 entries

иниција́л noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
иниција́л noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)

Malay

1 entries

inisial noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)

Polish

2 entries

początkowy adj (chronologically first)
inicjał noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)

Portuguese

4 entries

inicial adj (chronologically first)
inicial adj (spatially first)
inicial noun (first letter of a word)
rubricar verb (to sign one's initial(s))

Russian

4 entries

исхо́дный adj (chronologically first)
нача́льный adj (chronologically first)
нача́льный adj (spatially first)
оригина́льный adj (chronologically first)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

tùsail adj (chronologically first)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

inicìjāl noun (first letter of a word)
иницѝја̄л noun (first letter of a word)

Slovak

1 entries

počiatočný adj (chronologically first)

Spanish

3 entries

a quo adj (chronologically first)
inicial adj (chronologically first)
iniciales noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)

Swedish

4 entries

anfang noun (calligraphy: distinguished initial letter)
begynnelsebokstav noun (first letter of a word)
initial noun (first letter of a word)
initial noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)

Turkish

4 entries

ilk adj (chronologically first)
ilk adj (spatially first)
ön adj (spatially first)
baş harf noun (first letter of a word)

Ukrainian

4 entries

перви́нний adj (chronologically first)
початко́вий adj (chronologically first)
початко́ва лі́тера noun (first letter of a word)
ініціа́л noun (first letters of a person's name as a unit)

Uyghur

2 entries

باشتىكى adj (chronologically first)
دەسلەپكى adj (chronologically first)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thanh mẫu noun (first part of a syllable (onset))

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The initial symptoms of the disease are fever and sore throat.

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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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