Preface Synonyms and Antonyms

prĕfĭs
To begin (something) with preliminary or prefatory material
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. introduce
  2. lead
  3. precede
  4. usher in
A short section of preliminary remarks
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. foreword
  2. induction
  3. introduction
  4. lead-in
  5. overture
  6. preamble
  7. prelude
  8. prolegomenon
  9. prologue
Introduction
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. introduction
  2. foreword
  3. prelude
  4. prolegomenon
  5. prolusion
  6. exordium
  7. front
  8. prologue
  9. isagoge
  10. opening
  11. preamble
  12. prelude. introduction
  13. preliminary
  14. proem
  15. programma
  16. protasis
Antonyms:
  1. ending
  2. conclusion
  3. epilogue
  4. appendix
  5. finish

Words Related to Preface

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Preface Sentence Examples

  • A collected edition of his works, with a biographical preface, was published in 1737.

  • The author however of the preface to The Rights of the Lords asserted (1702), while blaming their publication as "scattered and unfinished papers," admits their genuineness.

  • Charles, however, has given good grounds for supposing that it is merely a preface, and that the work went on to discuss grammar, logic (which Bacon thought of little service, as reasoning was innate), mathematics, general physics, metaphysics and moral philosophy.

  • In 1529 he brought out his Oeconomia christiana (a treatise in German, on the right ordering of a Christian household) with a dedication to the duchess Sybil of Saxony and a preface by Luther.

  • In a preface to a later edition she tells us how the novel came to be written, and, though it anticipates events, this revelation of herself may best be given here.

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