Initial

What do we mean by initial?

Of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first. adjective

Designating the first letter or letters of a word. adjective

The first letter of a proper name. noun

The first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit. noun

The first letter of a word. noun

A large, often highly decorated letter set at the beginning of a chapter, verse, or paragraph. noun

To mark or sign with initials, especially for purposes of authorization or approval. transitive verb

Of or pertaining to the beginning; incipient: as, the initial step in a proceeding.

Placed at the beginning; standing at the head: as, the initial letter of a word, or of a chapter in a book.

The initial or first letter of a word; an initial letter. noun

The first letter of a book or writing, or of any division of it, distinguished from the body of the text by larger size or more ornamental character, or both. noun

In plain-song, a tone with which a melody may begin. In strict usage the initials for each mode are prescribed, and called absolute initials. noun

In steam-engines, an abbreviation of initial pressure (which see). noun

To put one's initial or initials to or on; sign or mark with initials: as, an initialed handkerchief; initialed paper.

The first letter of a word or a name. noun

To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. transitive verb

Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing. adjective

Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series. adjective

Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin adjective

The first letter of a word or a name.

In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.

A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.

Onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.

Words that are spelled similarly to initial:
initial, inicial.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word initial:
ipo, consonant, offering, phase, stages, assault.

Words that rhyme with initial:
beneficial, superficial, official, artificial, judicial, prejudicial, sacrificial, unofficial, mutually beneficial, fishel, federal official, elected official, football official, administrative official, fischel, rishel, bischel, fish hill, fishell, kischell, mischel, pischel, rishell, wish ill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe initial:
middle, first, same, large, last, single, historiated, second, line, illuminated, ornamental, decorated, fusiform, antheridial, decorative, red, wrong, final, pictorial, mere, archegonial, apical, case, consonant, voiceless, appropriate, carved, syllable, elaborate, blue, cambial, corresponding, correct, antheridium, embroidered, some, gonimoblast, plain, labial, name, sporangial, variable, nasal, superficial, coloured, oogonial, colored, solitary, carpogonial, rhizoid, incorrect, lowercase, ornate, calligraphic, foliate, beatus, glottalized.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective initial:
conditions, stages, state, stage, period, phase, value, position, values, step, cost, dose, condition, response, treatment, investment, reaction, contact, assessment, rate, velocity, concentration, evaluation, success, level, results, point, studies, pressure, letters, training, temperature, interview, therapy, steps, data, letter, distribution, meeting, costs, set, shock, efforts, symptoms, examination, phases, diagnosis, capital, report, decision, presentation, design, reports, increase, attack, plan, infection, attempts, solution, visit, size, management, impression, test, configuration, volume, impact, attempt, experiments, appearance, estimates, enthusiasm, positions, estimate, findings, lesion, impetus, stress.

Consonant match to initial:
inertial.

Words that sound like initial:
initial, inicial, initials, initially, inertial, initialed, inshell, inition, uncial, initio, unshell, anisha, seneschal, in a hole, inertia, immoral, emission, enamel, inal, unsocial, initialize, instal, inshallah, immotile, inderal, insel, unition, indal, infill, insul, initialise, minshall, intal, inel, indel, intl, inercia, initialing, indol, undull, angel, finishing, angell, imaging, vishal, angele, fishel, smigel, amytal, mishel, fischel, amiral, schmidgall, integral, intel, instill, instil, inable, indwell, enlil, emmett till, inogen, emmet till, inhale, animal, emotion, denial, cynical, enable, enroll, entitle, entrail, engel, anissa, enteral, animale, enola, ental, emmission, anomal, ennoble, elicia, denisha, dential, endl, anatole, aecial, ensile, entia, enel, anomale, amission, enation, anatol, annoyful, enderle, enwall, emul, engrail, eye muscle.