Introduction
Antonyms for introduction:
finale, end, finish, conclusion, ending.
Synonyms for introduction:
Sense 1
birthplace, starting point, lead-in, breeding ground, lead time, outset, resurrection, continuation, outburst, flying start, apprenticeship, arrival, smattering, orientation, jumping-off point, Prolegomenon, resumption, outbreak, imposition, renewal, onset, Ingression, kickoff, primer.
Sense 2
rebirth, honeymoon, spark, first base, recovery, word, reception, germ.
Sense 3
act, lift off, appearance.
Sense 4
Sense 5
Sense 9
import
Sense 1 (noun)
body.
Sense 3 (noun)
starting point, arrival, outset, appearance, onset.
Sense 4 (noun)
Sense 5 (noun)
primer.
Sense 6 (noun)
Ingression.
Sense 7 (noun)
Prolegomenon, lead-in.
admittance (noun)
beginning (noun)
embryo, inception, commencement, conception, precursor, derivation, creation, origin, preparation, sprout, earliness, inauguration, hatching, stem, beginning, nativity, nascency, dawn, cradle, emergence, start, infancy, source, genesis, babyhood, birth, spring.
insert (noun)
insertion.
insertion (noun)
insinuation, intrusion, insertion, piercing, lodgement, Interlocation, injection, Embedding, implantation, infiltration.
introduction (noun)
intro, debut, entry, forward, overture, foreword, preamble, first appearance, opening, prologue, unveiling, intromission, launching, presentation, preface, insertion.
intromission (noun)
intromission.
prelude (noun)
foregoing, antecedent, avant-garde, preceding, leading, prelude.
something new; something that begins (noun)
initiation, intro, debut, establishment, preamble, induction, inauguration, overture, preface, primer, ingress, interpolation, institution, Prolegomenon, beginning, opening, lead-in, inception, foreword, insertion, prologue, launch, prelude, installation, admittance, commencement, presentation.
word (noun)
word.
Usage examples for introduction:
- The desired introduction was brought about by an accident. - "The Expressman and the Detective", Allan Pinkerton.
- I have here a trifle of my own which may perhaps serve for an introduction. - "New-Arabian-Nights", Stevenson, Robert Louis.
- He went through this introduction to gain control of his feelings. - "From the Valley of the Missing", Grace Miller White.