Synonyms for initial
ɪˈnɪʃ əlini·tial

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. initialadjective

   Synonyms:
   incipient, opening

   Antonyms:
   final

2. initialadjective

   To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

   Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.

   Synonyms:
   opening, incipient

   Antonyms:
   final

3. initialnoun

   In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit

   You can get your initials printed at the top.

   Synonyms:
   incipient, opening

   Antonyms:
   final

4. initialnoun

   Synonyms:
   drop cap, versal

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. initialadjective

   the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)

   "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"

   Antonyms:
   last

2. initialverb

   occurring at the beginning

   "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

   Antonyms:
   last

3. initialverb

   mark with one's initials

   Antonyms:
   last

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. initialadjective

   Synonyms:
   first, at the beginning, at the head

2. initialadjective

   Synonyms:
   incipient, commencing, beginning, in the first stages

3. initialnoun

   Synonyms:
   first letter (of a name)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "initial":

   original, preliminary, first, initials, up-front, upfront, early, primary, start-up, starting, introductory, opening, beginning, prime, initially, teething, home, front, tentative, baseline, raw, principled

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How to use initial in a sentence?

1. Eric Schadt:

   We are delighted with the initial results we’ve seen after six months of using Apple’s ResearchKit framework for our Asthma Health app, we recruited and enrolled over 8,600 research participants in our study, remotely via the Asthma Health app without direct, in-person, contact.

2. Janet Hamilton:

   One of the big challenges that we have within public health is that a lot of the data that flows into the system initially is very limited. And then we're following up in various ways to try and put the pieces together, but those processes are incredibly time-consuming, what we really need is for data more completely to flow into the system in an initial way, so then our work can begin so much more rapidly.

3. Tom Shimabukuro:

   The important thing to note here is the initial features are largely kind of nonspecific symptoms, which at initial presentation -- or when a patient starts to become symptomatic -- may seem kind of mild and not that clinically significant -- things like headaches, lethargy, chills, myalgia, later features include severe headache, some focal signs, in one case severe abdominal pain, bruising, swelling in the lower extremities.

4. Tim Price:

   There would be a bit of a hat being thrown on the ground but then once you get over the initial disappointment you crack on with what we’ve got to go for.

5. Kevin Hassett:

   My expectation is that since there's still initial claims for unemployment insurance in May, that the unemployment rate will be higher in June than in May, but then after that it should start to trend down.