'front matter' definitions:
Definition of 'front matter'
(from WordNet)
noun
Written matter preceding the main text of a book [syn: front matter, prelims]
Synonyms of 'front matter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acknowledgments,
- anteriority,
- article,
- avant-propos,
- back,
- back matter,
- bastard title,
- bibliography,
- bold front,
- book,
- brave face,
- brave front,
- breakthrough,
- catch line,
- catchword,
- chapter,
- clause,
- colophon,
- contents,
- contents page,
- copyright page,
- dedication,
- display,
- endleaf,
- endpaper,
- endsheet,
- errata,
- exordium,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- facia,
- fascicle,
- flyleaf,
- folio,
- fore,
- fore edge,
- forefront,
- foreground,
- forehand,
- foreland,
- forepart,
- forequarter,
- foreside,
- foreword,
- front,
- front elevation,
- front man,
- front page,
- front view,
- frontage,
- frontal,
- frontier,
- frontispiece,
- gathering,
- half-title page,
- head,
- heading,
- imprint,
- index,
- innovation,
- inscription,
- introduction,
- lap,
- leaf,
- leap,
- makeup,
- number,
- obverse,
- overture,
- page,
- paragraph,
- passage,
- phrase,
- postulate,
- preamble,
- preface,
- prefix,
- prefixture,
- preliminaries,
- preliminary,
- prelude,
- premise,
- presupposition,
- priority,
- proem,
- prolegomena,
- prolegomenon,
- prolepsis,
- prologue,
- proscenium,
- protasis,
- recto,
- reverso,
- running title,
- section,
- sentence,
- sheet,
- signature,
- subtitle,
- table of contents,
- tail,
- text,
- title,
- title page,
- trim size,
- type page,
- verse,
- verso,
- voluntary,
- window dressing