| commencement |
| commencing(adjective, beginning, opening, original, authentic) |
| dated(last, original, past, venerable, outdated) |
| early on(verb, expression, adjective, adverb, phrasal verb) |
| elementary(adjective, simple, head, beginning, opening) |
| ere long(expression, adjective, idiom, quick, rapidly) |
| far ahead(expression, adjective, prompt, quick, proximately) |
| fast(adjective, prompt, quick, rapidly, soon) |
| first of all(expression, idiom, before a time) |
| firstly |
| foremost(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first) |
| forward(adjective, adverb, intelligent, advanced, first) |
| genesis(noun, adjective, beginning) |
| in the bud(expression, adjective, idiom, quick, proximately) |
| inaugural(adjective, head, beginning, opening, original) |
| inchoate(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first) |
| infantile(adjective, beginning) |
| maiden(adjective, beginning) |
| nascent(adjective, weak, tender, beginning, opening) |
| newborn(adjective, beginning) |