Synonyms for first of all
first of all

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1. first of alladverb

   Synonyms:
   firstly, first up, first

2. first of alladverb

   firstly; before anything else.

   Synonyms:
   first up, firstly, first

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 6 votes

1. first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first offadverb

   before anything else

   "first we must consider the garter snake"

   Synonyms:
   for the first time, first, first off, foremost, firstly

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1. before all others

   Submitted by evacin5001 on April 2, 2020  

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1. Tyrone Corbin:

   Sickening. First, of all( Cannady) is a good guy who has worked his tail off to get better, it’s just sickening to see him go down like that. We’re praying for him.

2. Actor Donnie Yen:

   Working with Mike Tyson has been a pleasure and an honor. First of all I'm his boxing fan, a big fan, he's actually very professional and very easy to work with and we had a really good time.

3. Ivan Feinseth:

   I think, first of all,( LinkedIn) is a great business, even though the company stubbed their toe back in February, it's apremium company and it deserves a premium valuation.

4. Bruce Klingner of Heritage Foundation:

   First of all, the nuclear suppliers group would cut off fissile material to South Korea, which is reliant for all of its fissile material on outside suppliers. It could lead to international sanctions.

5. Cardinal John Newman:

   Half the controversies in the world are verbal ones; and could they be brought to a plain issue they would be brought to a prompt termination. Parties engaged in them would then perceive either that in substance they agreed together, or that their difference was one of first principles. We need not dispute, we need not prove, we need but define. At all events, let us, if we can, do this first of all and then see who are left for us to dispute; what is left for us to prove.