Meanings
- not comparableIntroducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.
He enrolled in an introductory wine-making course.
Synonyms: prefatory, preparatory
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIntroducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveserving to open or begin
adjectiveserving as an introduction or preface
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinintrōductus
- Late Latinintrōductōrius
- Englishintroductory
Borrowed from Late Latin intrōductōrius, from Latin intrōductus.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali পরিচায়ক
- পরিচায়ক (poricaẏok)introducing
Bulgarian уводен, встъпителен
- уводен (uvoden)introducing
- встъпителен (vstăpitelen)introducing
Catalan introductori
- introductoriintroducing
Chinese Mandarin 介紹的 /介绍的, 引導的 /引导的
- 介紹的 /介绍的 (jièshào de)introducing
- 引導的 /引导的 (yǐndǎo de)introducing
- 導言的 /导言的 (dǎoyán de)introducing
- 基礎的 /基础的 (jīchǔ de)introducing
- 入門的 /入门的 (rùmén)introducing
- 開場的 /开场的 (kāichǎng de)introducing
- 開頭的 /开头的 (kāitóu)introducing
Dutch inleidend
- inleidendintroducing
Finnish alustava, johdanto-
- alustavaintroducing
- johdanto-introducing
French d'introduction, introductif
- d'introductionintroducing
- introductifintroducing
- introductoireintroducing
German einführend, einleitend
- einführendintroducing
- einleitendintroducing
Greek εισαγωγικός
- εισαγωγικός (eisagogikós)introducing
Italian introduttivo
- introduttivointroducing
Norwegian Bokmål innledende
- innledendeintroducing
Portuguese introdutório
- introdutóriointroducing
Russian вво́дный, вступи́тельный
- вво́дный (vvódnyj)introducing
- вступи́тельный (vstupítelʹnyj)introducing
- нача́льный (načálʹnyj)introducing
- предвари́тельный (predvarítelʹnyj)introducing
Spanish introductorio
- introductoriointroducing
Swedish inledande, för nybörjare
- inledandeintroducing
- för nybörjareintroducing
Cite this entry
introductory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/introductory
“introductory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/introductory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “introductory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/introductory.
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