prefatorial

1. 1.

   serving as an introduction or preface

   Synonymsintroductoryprefatory

   Similarpreceding

Questions about prefatorial

What does prefatorial mean?

prefatorial means "serving as an introduction or preface".

How many syllables are in prefatorial?

prefatorial has 5 syllables: pre-fa-to-ri-al. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for prefatorial?

Close synonyms include introductory, prefatory. 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 prefatorial a common word?

prefatorial 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.