Exact Match:
- initial
- the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
- occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"
- mark with one's initials
Synonyms:
- OK,
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- accept,
- accredit,
- affirm,
- alpha,
- alphabet,
- alphabetize,
- amen,
- antecedent,
- antenatal,
- approve,
- authenticate,
- authorize,
- autochthonous,
- autograph,
- basic,
- beginning,
- breaking-in,
- budding,
- capitalize,
- certify,
- character,
- commencing,
- confirm,
- cosign,
- countersign,
- creative,
- earliest,
- early,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- endorse,
- fetal,
- first,
- first blush,
- first glance,
- first impression,
- first inning,
- first lap,
- first move,
- first round,
- first sight,
- first stage,
- first step,
- foremost,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- gambit,
- germinal,
- gestatory,
- give permission,
- give the go-ahead,
- give the imprimatur,
- give thumbs up,
- headmost,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- inscribe,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- le premier pas,
- leading,
- letter,
- maiden,
- mark,
- monogram,
- nascent,
- natal,
- notarize,
- opening,
- opening move,
- original,
- parturient,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass upon,
- permit,
- pioneer,
- postnatal,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primitiveness,
- primitivity,
- primogenial,
- procreative,
- ratify,
- rubber stamp,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- sanction,
- say amen to,
- seal,
- second,
- sign,
- sign and seal,
- subscribe to,
- support,
- swear and affirm,
- swear to,
- transcribe,
- transliterate,
- undersign,
- underwrite,
- ur,
- validate,
- visa,
- vise,
- warming-up,
- warrant