Preparative [adjective]
Definition of Preparative:
preliminary, first
Synonyms of Preparative:
● Preparatory
● Inaugural
● Anterior
● Basic
● Beginning
● Early
● Elementary
● Incipient
● Initial
● Opening
● Original
● Prefatory
● Primary
● Prior
● Provisional
● Rudimentary
● Starting
● Initiatory
● Inductive
● Precursory
● Prelusive
● Proemial
Opposite/Antonyms of Preparative:
● Finishing
● Final
● Ending
● Last
● Concluding
Sentence/Example of Preparative:
But the preparative for a public appearance is not yet complete.
Every thing that met the eye in Paris was a preparative for war.
Worming is generally resorted to as a preparative for serving.
This action is also a preparative to a renewal of the gracious experience.
May not this stage of being then be only an introduction to a preparative for another?
Holy living is the best, the only, preparative for holy dying.
And their love to you is as great a preparative to your success.
Is this, my dear, preparative to the conversation you led me to expect in the dining-room?
When a "Preparative" flag was hoisted with a signal it denoted that the order was not to be immediately obeyed.
At that instant the slaves appeared, bearing a tray covered with the first preparative initia of the feast.