inaugural

1. 1.

   occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction

   “the President's inaugural address”

   “an inaugural ball”

   Antonymsexaugural
2. 2.

   serving to set in motion

   “the magazine's inaugural issue”

   “the initiative phase in the negotiations”

   “an initiatory step toward a treaty”

   “his first (or maiden) speech in Congress”

   “the liner's maiden voyage”

   Synonymsinitiativeinitiatoryfirstmaiden

   Similaropening

Other forms of inaugural

plural

inaugurals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inaugural

What does inaugural mean?

inaugural means "an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inaugural?

inaugural has 4 syllables: in-au-gu-ral. The stress falls on "au". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈnɔɡɚəl/.

What is another word for inaugural?

Close synonyms include inaugural address, inauguration, initiative, initiatory, first. 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.

What is the opposite of inaugural?

The recorded antonyms are exaugural.

Is inaugural a common word?

inaugural 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.