Synonyms for inaugural
ɪnˈɔ gyər əl, -gər əlin·au·gu·ral

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1. inaugural address, inauguralnoun

   an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)

   Synonyms:
   inauguration, inaugural address

   Antonyms:
   closing, exaugural, valedictory

2. inauguration, inauguraladjective

   the ceremonial induction into a position

   "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration"

   Synonyms:
   inauguration, inaugural address, startup

   Antonyms:
   exaugural, valedictory, closing

3. inauguraladjective

   occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction

   "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

   Synonyms:
   maiden, initiatory, first, initiative

   Antonyms:
   valedictory, exaugural, closing

4. inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maidenadjective

   serving to set in motion

   "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

   Synonyms:
   initiatory, maiden, initiative, foremost, first, beginning(a), world-class

   Antonyms:
   exaugural, closing, valedictory

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1. List of paraphrases for "inaugural":

   opening, maiden, inauguration, investiture, first, editorial, constitutive, founding, introductory, keynote

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1. Paul Joynson-Hicks:

   I cant believe the incredible amount of entries we have achieved in our first year and from so many different countries, its very exciting indeed, judging was incredibly hard as we had a lot of hilarious images to try and whittle down to the final 45. I think people have really enjoyed this competition, something a little bit different. It definitely exceeds our expectations for our inaugural year.

2. Kevin McCarthys:

   They scaled walls, they brought ropes. A couple of protesters died because they scaled. And when you have the inaugural, there was scaffolding. They were scaling the scaffolding. They, they overtook the place.

3. Shanta Newlin:

   Our goal has been to publish and release the' The Hill We Climb : An Inaugural Poem for the Country' as soon as possible, we initially set a publication date of April 27th and today announced a new and improved date of March 16th.

4. Smithsonian Magazine:

   The Tin Can Tourists, named because they heated tin cans of food on gasoline stoves by the roadside, formed the first camping club in the United States, holding their inaugural rally in Florida in 1919 and growing to 150,000 members by the mid-1930s.

5. Craig Homan:

   We're seeing more and more inaugural activities that have become more expensive, more lavish, and they're being bought and sold by people who have business pending before government.