FIRST

1. [n] the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base

2. [n] the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

3. [n] an honours degree of the highest class

4. [n] the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"

5. [n] the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"

6. [n] the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

7. [s] being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"

8. [s] ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

9. [s] serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

10. [s] serving to set in motion; "the magazine''s inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner''s maiden voyage"

11. [a] preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

12. [a] highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"

13. [s] indicating the beginning unit in a series

14. [r] before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"

15. [r] the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"

16. [r] prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"

17. [r] before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let''s do this job first"

similar words

1. [a] forward

2. [a] best

3. [a] opening

4. [s] archetypal

5. [s] archetypical

6. [s] prototypal

7. [s] prototypic

8. [s] prototypical

9. [s] basic

10. [s] introductory

11. [s] initial

12. [s] firstborn

13. [s] eldest

14. [s] freshman

15. [s] first-year

16. [s] oldest

17. [s] original

18. [s] premier

19. [s] premiere

20. [s] premier(a)

21. [s] prime(a)

22. [s] prime(a)

23. [a] ordinal

opposite words

1. [n] middle

2. [n] end

3. [n] ending

4. [a] last

5. [a] intermediate

6. [a] second