Meanings
adverbfor starters (not comparable)
- informalnot comparableAs an initial point; before any other considerations.
For starters, you must decide which hardware and software to use.
2006, Neil Cherry, Linux Smart Homes For Dummies, page 1871 more example
For starters, you can't talk to black people like you're a redneck cowboy. We hate redneck cowboys.
2005 December 6, The Advocate, number 952, page 88
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Czech pro začátek
- pro začátekas an initial point
Danish for det første, til at begynde med
- for det førsteas an initial point
- til at begynde medas an initial point
Dutch om te beginnen
- om te beginnenas an initial point
Finnish ensiksikin, alkajaisiksi
- ensiksikinas an initial point
- alkajaisiksias an initial point
- ensi alkuunas an initial point
French primo
- primoas an initial point
German zuerst mal
- zuerst malas an initial point
Italian tanto per dirne una, tanto per cominciare
- tanto per dirne unaas an initial point
- tanto per cominciareas an initial point
- innanzituttoas an initial point
Polish na dzień dobry
- na dzień dobryas an initial point
Portuguese em primeiro lugar
- em primeiro lugaras an initial point
Russian для нача́ла
- для нача́ла (dlja načála)as an initial point
Spanish en primer lugar, para empezar
- en primer lugaras an initial point
- para empezaras an initial point
- para comenzaras an initial point
Cite this entry
APA
for starters. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20starters
MLA
“for starters.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20starters. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for starters,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20starters.
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