| foreword(noun, introduction, preface, prelude, preamble) |
| trial(noun, adjective, check, new, approval) |
| foregoing(adjective, precedence) |
| foremost(adjective, beginning, original, first, early) |
| groundwork(noun, beginning) |
| incipient(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first) |
| initiation(noun, beginning) |
| initiatory(adjective, opening, original, basic, first) |
| preamble(noun, beginning, opening, introduction, preface) |
| prelim |
| prelusive(precedence, precursor) |
| primal(adjective, beginning, initial, introductory) |
| proemial(precedence, precursor) |
| advance(noun, adjective) |
| anterior(adjective, precedence) |
| early(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first) |
| exordium(noun, introduction, preface, prelude, foreword) |
| experimental(adjective, new, trial, untried, tentative) |
| foundation(noun, beginning) |
| front matter(noun, pages) |