'Introductory' definitions:
Definition of 'introductory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some introductory remarks"
adjective
Serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: basic, introductory]
adjective
Serving as an introduction or preface [syn: introductory, prefatorial, prefatory]
Definition of 'Introductory'
From: GCIDE
- Introductory \In`tro*duc"to*ry\, a. [L. itroductorius: cf. F. introductoire.] Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'introductory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- antenatal,
- autochthonous,
- autodidactic,
- baptismal,
- basic,
- beginning,
- budding,
- coeducational,
- creative,
- cultural,
- didactic,
- disciplinary,
- edifying,
- educating,
- educational,
- educative,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- enlightening,
- exhortatory,
- fetal,
- first,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- gestatory,
- homiletic,
- hortatory,
- illuminating,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- inductive,
- infant,
- infantile,
- informative,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- instructive,
- introductive,
- inventive,
- lecturing,
- nascent,
- natal,
- opening,
- original,
- parturient,
- postnatal,
- preaching,
- preceptive,
- prefatory,
- pregnant,
- preliminary,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- prenatal,
- preparative,
- preparatory,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- procreative,
- proemial,
- propaedeutic,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- self-teaching,
- teaching,
- tuitionary,
- ur