first
first is a 5-letter English word with 21 senses as adjective, adverb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
- adjective. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
- adjective. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
- adverb. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
- noun. The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
- noun. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- noun. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- noun. an honours degree of the highest class
- noun. the first element in a countable series
"the first of the month"
- noun. the first or highest in an ordering or series
"He wanted to be the first"
- noun. the time at which something is supposed to begin
"they got an early start"
"she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
- adjective. ranking above all others
"was first in her class"
"the foremost figure among marine artists"
- adjective. serving to begin
"the beginning canto of the poem"
"the first verse"
- adjective. serving to set in motion
"the magazine's inaugural issue"
"the initiative phase in the negotiations"
- adjective. preceding all others in time or space or degree
"the first house on the right"
"the first day of spring"
- adjective. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
"first soprano"
"the first violin section"
- adjective. indicating the beginning unit in a series
- adverb. before anything else
"first we must consider the garter snake"
- adverb. the initial time
"when Felix first saw a garter snake"
- adverb. prominently forward
"he put his best foot foremost"
- adverb. before another in time, space, or importance
"I was here first"
"let's do this job first"
Synonyms
low, beginning, commencement, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, foremost, inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden, st, firstly
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in first:
Common word forms
firsts, firster, firstly, firstness
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