premier

1. 1.

   be performed for the first time

   “We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success”

   Synonymspremiere

   performing arts

2. 2.

   perform a work for the first time

   Synonymspremiere

   Broaderperform

   performing arts

1. 1.

   first in rank or degree

   “an architect of premier rank”

   “the prime minister”

   Synonymsprime

   Similarfirst
2. 2.

   preceding all others in time

   “the premiere showing”

   Synonymspremiere

   Similarfirst

Other forms of premier

plural

premiers·

past tense

premiered·

present participle

premiering·

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 premier

What does premier mean?

premier means "the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in premier?

premier has 2 syllables: pre-mier. The stress falls on "mier". In IPA it is /pɹɛˈmɪɹ/.

What is another word for premier?

Close synonyms include Prime Minister, PM, chancellor, prime minister, premiere. 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 premier a common word?

premier is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with premier?

4 words rhyme with premier. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.