Related Words for first

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initial
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
beginning
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
firstly
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Adjective, Adverb
prime
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
initiative
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
initiatory
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
introductory
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Noun, Adjective
inaugural
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Adjective, Noun, Adjective
basic
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
premier
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Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
foremost
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Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
original
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
best
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
prototypical
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Verb, Adjective
commencement
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Adjective, Noun
forward
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
premiere
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Noun, Noun, Verb
offset
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Verb, Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
opening
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Adjective, Noun, Adjective
freshman
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Adjective, Noun
top
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Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
outset
/x
Adverb, Noun, Verb
firstborn
//
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ordinal
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
oldest
/x
Noun, Noun
low
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Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
start
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Verb, Verb, Noun, Adverb
maiden
/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
eldest
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
kickoff
/x
Noun, Noun
first base
//
Phrase, Noun
first off
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
low gear
//
Phrase, Adverb, Noun
number one
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
second
/x
Noun, Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adjective
third
/
Noun
fourth
/
Noun
fifth
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Noun
next
/
Adjective
sixth
/
Name
final
/x
Adjective
penultimate
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Adjective
another
x/x
Adjective
eighth
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Noun
previous
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Adjective
tenth
/
Noun
twelfth
/
Noun
seventh
/x
Name
earliest
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Adjective
once
/
Adverb
fifteenth
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Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
every
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Noun
subsequent
/xx
Adjective
fourteenth
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Name
ninth
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Name
preceding
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Verb
newest
/x
Adjective
thirteenth
//
Noun
this
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Adverb, Noun
eleventh
x/x
Noun
only
/x
Adverb
sixteenth
x/
Noun
part
/
Noun
least
/
Adjective
firs
/
Noun
twentieth
/xx
Noun
longest
/x
Adjective
fiftieth
/xx
Noun
prior
/x
Adjective
before
x/
Adverb
whole
/
Noun
single
/x
Adjective
biggest
/x
Adjective
since
/
Adverb
eighteenth
x/
Adjective
during
/x
Noun
latest
/x
Adjective
recent
/x
Adjective
each
/
Adverb, Noun
worst
/
Adjective
nineteenth
//
Adjective
thirtieth
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Noun
preliminary
x/xxx
Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective
seventeenth
/x/
Noun
latter
/x
Noun
particular
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Adjective
ever
/x
Adverb
umpteenth
/x
Adjective
main
/
Adjective
following
/xx
Adjective
hundredth
/x
Noun
three
/
Noun
easiest
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Adjective
youngest
/x
Adjective
official
x/x
Noun
debut
x/
Noun
same
/
Adjective
when
/
Adverb, Noun
hardest
/x
Adjective
half
/
Noun
primary
/xx
Adjective
upcoming
/xx
Noun
time
/
Noun
twice
/
Adverb
year
/
Noun
five
/
Noun
four
/
Noun
zeroth
/x
Noun
secondary
/xxx
Adjective
subordinate
x/xx
Adjective
second to last
/x//
Phrase, Adjective
next to last
///
Phrase, Adjective
alpha
/x
Noun
principal
/xx
Noun
thousandth
/x
Noun
superordinate
xx/xx
Adjective
tertiary
/xx
Noun
descending
x/x
Verb
sixtieth
/xx
Noun
ancillary
/xxx
Adjective
millionth
/x
Noun
note
/
Adverb
shoot
/
Adverb
observe
x/
Adverb
consulting
x/x
Verb
briefly
/x
Adverb
confusing
x/x
Verb
slowly
/x
Adverb
lightly
/x
Adverb
refuses
x/x
Verb
parallel
/xx
Adverb
obtaining
x/x
Verb
afterwards
/xx
Adverb
blush
/
Noun
trimester
x/x
Noun
checking
/x
Verb
resisted
x/x
Verb
notice
/x
Verb
glance
/
Noun
comprises
x/x
Verb
baseman
/x
Noun
examines
x/x
Verb
startled
/x
Verb
sight
/
Noun
semester
x/x
Noun
carefully
/xx
Adverb
instance
/x
Noun
puzzled
/x
Verb
concerns
x/
Verb
hesitated
/xxx
Verb
try
/
Noun
step
/
Noun
draft
/
Noun
glimpse
/
Noun
involves
x/
Verb
termed
/
Verb
consisted
x/x
Verb
molar
/x
Noun
prize
/
Noun
stunned
/
Verb
therefore
/x
Adverb
wondered
/x
Verb
lieutenant
x/x
Noun
dealt
/
Verb
stanza
/x
Noun
establishing
x/xx
Verb
objected
x/x
Verb
posting
/x
Verb
visit
/x
Noun
entering
/xx
Verb
cousins
/x
Noun
emphasizes
/xxx
Verb
sergeant
/x
Noun
launched
/
Verb
discusses
x/x
Verb
determining
x/xx
Verb
batch
/
Noun
syllable
/xx
Noun
flush
/
Noun
focuses
/xx
Verb
entitled
x/x
Verb
assumes
x/
Verb
frightened
/x
Verb
relates
x/
Verb
ballot
/x
Noun
place
/
Noun
thought
/
Verb
album
/x
Noun
encounter
x/x
Noun
welcomed
/x
Verb
rib
/
Noun
inclined
x/
Verb
shocked
/
Verb
quarter
/x
Noun
mate
/
Noun
head
/
Adverb
president
/xx
Noun
round
/
Noun
satellite
/xx
Noun
hint
/
Noun
refers
x/
Verb
aboriginal
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
aid
/
Noun, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
any
/x
Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
arrival
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Noun
been
/
Verb
beforehand
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
bonus
/x
Noun, Verb
breadth
/
Noun
calendar
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Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
commence
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Verb
commonest
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Adjective
con
/
Noun, Verb
constellation
xx/x
Noun
crown
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
darts
/
Noun
departure
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Noun
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
end
/
Noun, Verb
especially
x/x
Adverb
everything
/xx
Adverb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
feedstocks
/x
Noun
fist
/
Noun, Verb
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
grade
/
Noun, Verb
grant
/
Noun, Verb
greatest
/x
Verb
highest
/x
Adjective
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
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Adjective
important
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Adjective
inception
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Noun
indian
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Name, Adjective
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
intermediate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
ire
/
Noun, Verb
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
largest
/x
Adjective
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
love
/
Noun, Verb
mainly
/x
Adverb
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
maternal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
morning
/x
Noun
most
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
never
/x
Adverb
ole
/
Adjective, Name
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
onset
/x
Noun, Verb
originally
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Adverb
overarching
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Adjective, Noun
overriding
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Adjective, Noun
paramount
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Adjective, Name
pioneer
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Noun, Verb
pitched
/
Adjective
powell
/x
Name
precedence
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Noun
premium
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Noun, Adjective
première
/x
Noun, Verb
prerequisite
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Noun, Adjective
prim
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
prima
/x
Adjective
primarily
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Adverb
primer
/x
Noun, Adjective
primo
/x
Noun, Adjective
primus
/x
Noun
prince
/
Noun, Verb
principle
/xx
Noun, Verb
priority
x/xx
Noun
purple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
quickly
/x
Adverb
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sacrament
/xx
Noun, Verb
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
seoul
/
Name
share
/
Noun, Verb
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
sophomore
/x
Noun, Adjective
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stack
/
Noun, Verb
starting point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun