PERCURSORY Synonyms

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

• occurring at the beginning

• mark with one's initials

• serving to open or begin

• serving as a base or starting point

• serving as an introduction or preface

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• a minor match preceding the main event

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

• preceding and preparing for something

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

• (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

• appropriate to the beginning or start of an event

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• get off the ground