introductory

equivalents

first

opening

preceding

synonyms

abecedarian

aboriginal

antenatal

autochthonous

autodidactic

baptismal

basic

beginning

budding

coeducational

creative

cultural

didactic

disciplinary

edifying

educating

educational

educative

elemental

elementary

embryonic

enlightening

exhortatory

exordial

fetal

first

formative

foundational

fundamental

gestatory

homiletic

hortatory

illuminating

in embryo

in its infancy

in the bud

inaugural

inceptive

inchoate

inchoative

incipient

incunabular

inductive

inductory

infant

infantile

informative

ingestive

initial

initial

same-contexts

autobiographical

biographical

concise

cursory

descriptive

explanatory

forego

fragmentary

historical

in-depth

instructive

lengthy

memorable

pithy

prefatory

preliminary

preparatory

scriptural

supplementary

unpublished