to begin with

Questions about to begin with

What is another word for to begin with?

It depends which to begin with you mean. In the sense “before now”, the synonyms are in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, originally. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of to begin with?

WordNet records no antonym for to begin with. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for to begin with come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of to begin with

• Full entry for to begin withAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for to begin withWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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