opening move

Questions about opening move

What does opening move mean?

opening move means "the first of a series of actions".

What is another word for opening move?

Close synonyms include first step, initiative, 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 opening move a common word?

opening move is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.