Mr Balboa is so well known as to need no introduction.
Source: tatoeba (35001)
Introduction
//ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩//
Synonyms for "introduction" (242 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (72)
divertimentodivertissementdivisiondramatic overtureelementary educationelementsembarkationembarkmentembedmentendleafendpaperendsheetentranceentreeentryepilogueepisodeerrataexodeexodus
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exordiumexpository scenefilibusterfilibusteringfilingfinalefirst appearancefirst readingfirst stepsfloatingflotationflyleaffoliofore edgeforewordfront matterfrontispiecegraftgraftinghalf-title pageheadhoke acthornbookimpactionimpactmentimplantationimportimportationimportingimpositionimprintinaugural addressinaugurationincomeincomingindexinductioninfiltrationinfixinfixioninfusioningoingingressingression
Related words (121)
injectioninnovationinoculationinputinscriptioninsertinsinuationinstallationinstallmentintakeintercalationinterjectioninterlineationinterlocutioninterludeintermezzointermissioninterpenetrationinterpolationintrogression
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intromissionintrusioninventionknockdownlaunchingleafleakageleaplogrollingmaiden speechmakeupneologismnew phasenoveltynumberobiter dictumopeneroperatic overtureorientationoverturepageparenthesispenetrationpercolationperfusionpostulatepreambleprefixprefixturepreliminariespreliminarypreludepremisepresuppositionprimerproemprolegomenaprolegomenonprolepsisprologuepropaedeuticprotasisreadingreceptionrectoremarkreversoroll callroutinerudimentsrunning titlescenesecond readingseepageshtickside remarksignaturesketchskitsong and dancestand-up comedy actsteamroller methodsstripteasesubtitletable of contentstablingtailtalkathontessellationtextthird readingtitletitle pagetossing-intransplanttrim sizeturntype pageunveilingvampverseversovoluntaryvorspielvotewriting
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More general
14 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
145 translations across 56 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρόλογος noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Arabic
4 entries- تَعْرِيف noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- مَدْخَل noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- مُقَدَّمَة noun (act or process of introducing)
- مُقَدَّمَة noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Armenian
3 entries- ծանոթացում noun (act or process of introducing)
- ներածություն noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- ներկայացում noun (act or process of introducing)
Bulgarian
4 entries- внасяне noun (act or process of introducing)
- въведение noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- въвеждане noun (act or process of introducing)
- предговор noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Catalan
2 entries- introducció noun (act or process of introducing)
- presentació noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 介紹 /介绍 noun (act or process of introducing)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 介紹 /介绍 noun (act or process of introducing)
- 介紹 /介绍 noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- 序言 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Czech
1 entries- úvod noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Danish
1 entries- introduktion noun (act or process of introducing)
Dutch
4 entries- inleiding noun (act or process of introducing)
- inleiding noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- inleiding noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- introductie noun (act or process of introducing)
Finnish
4 entries- esittely noun (act or process of introducing)
- esittely noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- johdanto noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- johdatus noun (explanation of basic facts)
French
3 entries- introduction noun (act or process of introducing)
- introduction noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- présentation noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Galician
2 entries- introdución noun (act or process of introducing)
- presentación noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Georgian
3 entries- გაცნობა noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- შესავალი noun (act or process of introducing)
- შესავალი noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
German
3 entries- Einführung noun (act or process of introducing)
- Einführung noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- Vorstellung noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Greek
3 entries- εισαγωγή noun (act or process of introducing)
- εισαγωγή noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- σύσταση noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Hindi
3 entries- परिचय noun (act or process of introducing)
- परिचय noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- प्रस्तावना noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Hungarian
4 entries- bemutatkozás noun (act or process of introducing)
- bemutatkozás noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- bemutatás noun (act or process of introducing)
- bemutatás noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Indonesian
2 entries- introduksi noun (act or process of introducing)
- pengenalan noun (act or process of introducing)
Irish
1 entries- réamhrá noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Italian
2 entries- introduzione noun (act or process of introducing)
- introduzione noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Japanese
4 entries- 叙文 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- 序 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- 序説 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- 序論 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Kazakh
1 entries- алғысөз noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Khmer
4 entries- បុព្វកថា noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- បុព្វយោគ noun (act or process of introducing)
- អារម្ភកថា noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- ឧបញ្ញាសកថា noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- одзкыв noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- водзкыв noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Korean
4 entries- 서 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- 서론 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- 서문 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- 서설 noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Latin
3 entries- inductiō noun (act or process of introducing)
- praefātiō noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- prohoemium noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Lithuanian
1 entries- įvadas noun (act or process of introducing)
Malay
2 entries- introduksi noun (act or process of introducing)
- pengenalan noun (act or process of introducing)
Malayalam
3 entries- അവതരണം noun (act or process of introducing)
- അവതാരിക noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- ആമുഖം noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Māori
4 entries- kupu whakataki noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- whakamōhiotanga noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- whakatakinga noun (act or process of introducing)
- whakaupoko noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Norwegian
3 entries- introduksjon noun (act or process of introducing)
- introduksjon noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- presentasjon noun (act or process of introducing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- anbefaling noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- anbefaling noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Old English
1 entries- fōresæġdnes noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Oromo
1 entries- seensa noun (act or process of introducing)
Persian
2 entries- دیباچه noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- مقدمه noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Polish
4 entries- przedmowa noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- wprowadzenie noun (act or process of introducing)
- wstęp noun (act or process of introducing)
- wstęp noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Portuguese
3 entries- introdução noun (act or process of introducing)
- introdução noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- introdução noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Romanian
4 entries- introducere noun (act or process of introducing)
- introducere noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- prezentare noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- prezentare noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Romansch
2 entries- introducziun noun (act or process of introducing)
- introducziun noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Russian
4 entries- введе́ние noun (act or process of introducing)
- введе́ние noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- внедре́ние noun (act or process of introducing)
- предисло́вие noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Scots
1 entries- innin noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ro-ràdh noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- introdukcija noun (act or process of introducing)
- uvod noun (act or process of introducing)
Slovene
2 entries- predstavitev noun (means of presenting one person to another)
- uvod noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Spanish
3 entries- introducción noun (act or process of introducing)
- introducción noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- presentación noun (means of presenting one person to another)
Swahili
2 entries- dibaji noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- utangulizi noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Swedish
4 entries- förord noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- införande noun (act or process of introducing)
- inledning noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- introduktion noun (act or process of introducing)
Thai
1 entries- บทนำ noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Udmurt
1 entries- азькыл noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Urdu
1 entries- تَعارُف noun (act or process of introducing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giới thiệu noun (act or process of introducing)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַרײַנפֿיר noun (act or process of introducing)
- אַרײַנפֿיר noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Yup'ik
1 entries- apertuun noun (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The speaker was so famous as to need no introduction.
Source: tatoeba (47947)
The speaker was so well-known as to need no introduction.
Source: tatoeba (47948)
My uncle wrote this letter of introduction.
Source: tatoeba (58443)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.