Preliminary Synonyms and Antonyms

prĭ-lĭmə-nĕrē
Before or in preparation for the main matter, action, or business
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. introductory
  2. preparatory
  3. prefatory
  4. inductive
  5. antecedent
  6. imperative
  7. preceding
  8. indispensable
  9. precedential
  10. precursive
  11. precursory
  12. prefatorial
  13. prolegomenous
  14. premonitory
Antonyms:
  1. closing
  2. concluding
  3. final
Serving to introduce a subject or person, for example
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. introductory
  2. prefatory
  3. preparatory
  4. prolegomenous
Not perfected, elaborated, or completed
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. rough
  2. sketchy
  3. tentative
  4. unfinished
  5. unperfected
  6. unpolished

Words Related to Preliminary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Preliminary Sentence Examples

  • That event was so important it requires some preliminary explanation.

  • All the other preliminary examinations were conducted in the same manner.

  • Perhaps it is even indispensable as a preliminary statement.

  • The preliminary, or classical examination, is usually that of university matriculation, or its equivalent.

  • Several preliminary incursions had been already made, when in 1521 an opportunity presented itself for a more extended expedition.

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