Related Words for initial

Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts. Read More Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster. Send us feedback.
WordSyllablesCategories
first
/
Adjective, Adjective
subsequent
/xx
Adjective
preliminary
x/xxx
Noun
final
/x
Adjective
previous
/xx
Adjective
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
actual
/xx
Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
prior
/x
Adjective
ongoing
/xx
Adjective
brief
/
Adjective
recent
/x
Adjective
current
/x
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective
second
/x
Noun
additional
x/xx
Adjective
preceding
x/x
Verb
ensuing
/xx
Verb
basic
/x
Adjective
primary
/xx
Adjective
response
x/
Noun
following
/xx
Adjective
minimal
/xx
Adjective
lengthy
/x
Adjective
last
/
Adjective
onset
/x
Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
usual
/xx
Adjective
aforementioned
x/xx
Adjective
continual
x/xx
Adjective
specific
x/x
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
nominal
/xx
Adjective
tentative
/xx
Adjective
typical
/xx
Adjective
early
/x
Adjective
substantial
x/x
Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
phase
/
Noun
formal
/x
Adjective
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
reaction
x/x
Noun
beginning
x/x
Noun
partial
/x
Adjective
periodic
xx/x
Adjective
critical
/xx
Adjective
main
/
Adjective
prolonged
x/
Adjective
evaluation
xxx/x
Noun
general
/xx
Noun
their
/
Noun
proper
/x
Adjective
incremental
xx/x
Adjective
baseline
/x
Noun
introduction
xx/x
Noun
ostensible
x/xx
Adjective
personal
/xx
Adjective
cursory
/xx
Adjective
entire
x/x
Adjective
impetus
/xx
Noun
point
/
Noun
nascent
/x
Adjective
annual
/xx
Name
clinical
/xx
Adjective
erroneous
x/xx
Adjective
particular
x/xx
Adjective
inaugural
x/xx
Noun
instant
/x
Noun
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective
elaboration
xxx/x
Noun
simultaneous
xx/xx
Adjective
primitive
/xx
Adjective
primordial
x/xx
Adjective
originary
x/xxx
Noun
anterior
x/xx
Adjective
aboriginal
xx/xx
Name
primeval
x/x
Adjective
pristine
/x
Noun
genetic
x/x
Adjective
young
/
Adjective
primal
/x
Adjective
native
/x
Noun
prehistoric
xx/x
Noun
foremost
/x
Adjective
classical
/xx
Adjective
classic
/x
Noun
ancestral
x/x
Adjective
natal
/x
Name
preschool
x/
Noun
patristic
x/x
Noun
ancient
/x
Noun
premodern
x/x
Noun
ontological
xx/xx
Adjective
indigenous
x/xx
Adjective
successive
x/x
Adjective
authentic
x/x
Adjective
alphabetic
xx/x
Adjective
natural
/xx
Adjective
front
/
Noun
precolonial
xx/xx
Noun
chiefly
/x
Adverb
north
/
Noun
first class
//
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
historical
x/xx
Noun
patronymic
xx/x
Noun
preindustrial
xx/xx
Adjective
essentialist
x/xx
Noun
east
/
Name
infinitival
x/xxx
Noun
traditional
x/xx
Adjective
descendant
x/x
Noun
preterm
/x
Noun
principal
/xx
Noun
archetypal
//x
Noun
archaic
x/x
Name
aorist
x/x
Noun
marking
/x
Verb
sign
/
Verb
install
x/
Verb
screening
/x
Verb
posting
/x
Verb
triggering
/xx
Verb
worsening
/xx
Verb
stages
/x
Verb
shaping
/x
Verb
request
x/
Verb
stressing
/x
Verb
unloading
x/x
Verb
sorting
/x
Verb
budding
/x
Verb
granting
/x
Verb
choking
/x
Verb
crushing
/x
Verb
trimming
/x
Verb
tracing
/x
Verb
prompting
/x
Verb
mixing
/x
Verb
blocking
/x
Verb
joining
/x
Verb
fixing
/x
Verb
lowering
/xx
Verb
extract
/x
Verb
straining
/x
Verb
spreading
/x
Verb
swelling
/x
Verb
estimates
/xx
Verb
sliding
/x
Verb
forming
/x
Verb
finishing
/xx
Verb
weighing
/x
Verb
designing
x/x
Verb
coordinate
x/xx
Verb
settling
/xx
Verb
financed
x/
Verb
pose
/
Verb
consult
x/
Verb
grinding
/x
Verb
targeting
/xx
Verb
abbreviation
xxx/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bin
/
Noun, Verb
bracket
/x
Noun, Verb
calculated
/xxx
Adjective
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
card
/
Noun, Verb
cartouche
x/
Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
consonant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
elemental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
elementary
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
embryonic
xx/x
Adjective
entry
/x
Noun
equilibrium
xx/xx
Noun
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
familiarization
x/xx/x
Noun
firstly
/x
Adverb
fold
/
Noun, Verb
foreplay
/x
Noun, Verb
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
founding
/x
Noun, Adjective
heading
/x
Noun
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
inception
x/x
Noun
incipient
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
indicative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
induction
x/x
Noun
infancy
/xx
Noun
initiating
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
intake
/x
Noun, Verb
interim
/xx
Adjective, Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
leading
/x
Adjective, Noun
letter
/x
Noun, Verb
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
maiden
/x
Noun, Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
monogram
/xx
Noun, Verb
muzzle
/x
Noun, Verb
name
/
Noun, Verb
newfound
//
Adjective
nil
/
Noun
numeral
/xx
Adjective, Noun
nursery
/xx
Noun
ole
/
Adjective, Name
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
opening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
optimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
originally
x/xxx
Adverb
overall
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
parent
/x
Noun, Verb
pedestal
/xx
Noun, Verb
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
premier
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
premiere
x/
Noun, Verb
premium
/xx
Noun, Adjective
première
/x
Noun, Verb
preparatory
x/xxx
Adjective
prim
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
prima
/x
Adjective
prime
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principle
/xx
Noun, Verb
principled
/xx
Adjective
project
/x
Noun, Verb
provisional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
seed
/
Noun, Verb
severance
/xx
Noun
signature
/xx
Noun, Adjective
splash
/
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
starter
/x
Noun
startup
/x
Noun
sub
/
Noun, Verb
tag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
teething
/x
Noun
thrower
/x
Noun
tombstone
/x
Noun, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
treatment
/x
Noun
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
underlying
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
upstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun