Related Words for first among equals

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number one
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
first
/
Adjective
leader
/x
Noun
predecessor
/xxx
Noun
senior
/x
Name
elite
x/
Noun
prime
/
Noun
firstborn
//
Noun
fellow
/x
Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun
successor
x/x
Noun
king
/
Noun
prince
/
Noun
head honcho
//x
Phrase, Noun
eldest
/x
Noun
chief
/
Noun
ascendant
x/x
Noun
second fiddle
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
top dog
//
Phrase, Noun
peer
/
Noun
princeps
/x
Noun
better
/x
Adjective
dignitary
/xxx
Noun
first lieutenant
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
pioneer
xx/
Noun
favourite
x/
Noun
numero uno
xx//x
Phrase, Noun
heir
/
Noun
honor
/x
Noun
fifth
/
Noun
public enemy number one
/x/xx/x/
Phrase, Noun
opposite number
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
first responder
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
leading
/x
Verb
officer
/xx
Noun
number two
/xx
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
aspirant
/xx
Noun
royalty
/xx
Noun
big cheese
//
Name, Name
progenitor
x/xx
Noun
father figure
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
younger
/x
Adjective
point man
//
Phrase, Noun
captain
/x
Noun
figurehead
/xx
Noun
boss
/
Noun
former
/x
Noun
somewhat
//
Adverb
official
x/x
Noun
principal
/xx
Noun
chief of state
///
Phrase, Noun
eighth
/
Noun
ensign
/x
Noun
aristocrat
x/xx
Noun
topper
/x
Noun
forerunner
/xx
Noun
commander
x/x
Noun
authority figure
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
oldest
/x
Adjective
heir presumptive
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
champion
/xx
Noun
protagonist
x/xx
Noun
leading man
/x/
Phrase, Noun
opener
/xx
Noun
titular
/xx
Adjective
upper
/x
Noun
nobleman
/xx
Noun
mastermind
/xx
Noun
eleventh
x/x
Noun
underling
/xx
Noun
fourth
/
Noun
paragon
/xx
Noun
competitor
x/xx
Noun
lieutenant governor
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
prime mover
//x
Phrase, Noun
doyen
/x
Noun
early bird
/x/
Phrase, Noun
member
/x
Noun
third
/
Noun
fifteenth
x/
Noun
grand old man
///
Name, Name
byword
/x
Noun
killer
/x
Noun
nominee
xx/
Noun
seventh
/x
Name
elder
/x
Noun
ringleader
/xx
Noun
fourteenth
//
Name
fiftieth
/xx
Noun
vanguard
/x
Noun
head
/
Noun
luminary
/xxx
Noun
follower
/xx
Noun
chieftain
/x
Noun
upper class
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dean
/
Noun
prefect
/x
Noun
master
/x
Noun
friends in high places
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
ninth
/
Name
vice
/
Noun
spearhead
/x
Noun
occupant
/xx
Noun
overlord
/xx
Noun
counterpart
/xx
Noun
aboriginal
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
according
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
against
x/
Adjective
aged
/
Adjective, Noun
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
ahistorical
xx/xx
Adjective
aid
/
Noun, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
alleviation
xxx/x
Noun
along
x/
Adverb
alongside
x//
Adverb
amateurs
/xx
Noun
amid
x/
Noun
amidst
x/
amongst
x/
amounts
x/
Noun, Verb
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
anthropomorphism
xxx/xx
Noun
any
/x
Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
apostasy
xxxx
Noun
apostolic
xx/x
Adjective
appears
x/
Adjective
appointed
x/x
Adjective
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
archetypal
//x
Adjective
arianism
/xxxx
Name
arrival
x/x
Noun
attained
x/
Adjective
attractive
x/x
Adjective
axe
/
Noun, Verb
axiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
been
/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
beforehand
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
besides
x/
Adverb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
between
x/
Noun
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
biggest
/x
Adjective
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
boils
/
Noun, Verb
bonus
/x
Noun, Verb
breadth
/
Noun
calendar
/xx
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
chez
/
Noun
coincide
xx/
Verb
comes
/
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
commonest
/xx
Adjective
competes
x/
Verb, Noun
comprise
x/
Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
constellation
xx/x
Noun
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
corresponds
xx/
Verb
cousin
/x
Noun, Verb
crown
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
darts
/
Noun
debut
x/
Noun, Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
discounted
/xx
Adjective
during
/x
Noun
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
earnings
/x
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
enters
/x
Verb
equal
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
equality
x/xx
Noun
equally
/xx
Adverb
equates
x/
Verb
equivalent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
especially
x/x
Adverb
everything
/xx
Adverb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
except
x/
Verb
falls
/
Noun
feedstocks
/x
Noun
first base
//
Phrase, Noun
first off
//
Phrase, Adverb
firstly
/x
Adverb
fist
/
Noun, Verb
flawed
/
Adjective
for
/
Noun
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
foremost
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
freedom
/x
Noun
freshman
/x
Noun
from
/
Noun
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gamble
/x
Noun, Verb
grade
/
Noun, Verb
grant
/
Noun, Verb
greatest
/x
Verb
harmony
/xx
Noun
heuristic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
highest
/x
Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
identical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
important
x/x
Adjective
inaugural
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
inception
x/x
Noun
including
x/x
Verb
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
indian
/xx
Name, Adjective
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
initiatory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
inter
x/
Name, Verb
intergovernmental
xxxx/x
Adjective
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
into
x/
Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
involving
x/x
Verb
ire
/
Noun, Verb
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kickoff
/x
Noun
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
largest
/x
Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
low gear
//
Phrase, Noun
maiden
/x
Noun, Adjective
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mainly
/x
Adverb