All preliminary synonyms
pre·lim·i·nar·y
P p noun preliminary
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- front matter — all material in a book that precedes the text proper, as the title page, copyright page, table of contents, dedication, and preface.
- curtain raiser — a short play preceding a main play.
- finals — pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.
- curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
- walkups — Plural form of walkup.
- comp — Comp is short for compensation.
- intro — an introduction.
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- blue book — A blue book is an official government report or register of statistics.
- opener — a person or thing that opens.
- foreword — a short introductory statement in a published work, as a book, especially when written by someone other than the author.
- desiderata — something wanted or needed.
adjective preliminary
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- experiential — Involving or based on experience and observation.
- exploratory — Relating to or involving exploration or investigation.
- initial — of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- experimental — (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.
- qualifying — Present participle of qualify.
- forerunning — Present participle of forerun.
- elementary — Of or relating to the most rudimentary aspects of a subject.
- depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
adj preliminary
- abovementioned — mentioned or written above: The role was sung by the abovementioned Mr. Phillips.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
- antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
- nascent — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- inductive — of, relating to, or involving electrical induction or magnetic induction.
- aforementioned — If you refer to the aforementioned person or subject, you mean the person or subject that has already been mentioned.
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.