Thesaurus:foreword

Thesaurus

foreword

English

Noun

Sense: an introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document

Synonyms

• exordium
• forespeech
• foretale
• foretalk
• foreword
• introduction
• isagoge
• lead-in
• preamble
• preface
• proem
• proemium
• prologue

Antonyms

• afterword    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• lead (journalism)
• lede (journalism, chiefly US)
• prolusion

Hypernyms

• adjunct    [⇒ thesaurus]
• writing

Holonyms

• front matter    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• prelude

Further reading

• “64. precursor” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “foreword” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.