first step

Questions about first step

What does first step mean?

first step means "the first of a series of actions".

What is another word for first step?

Close synonyms include initiative, opening move, opening. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is first step a common word?

first step is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.