Synonyms for prologue
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Noun
1. Preamble — A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
preamble, preface, introduction, lead-in, foreword, exordium, proem, isagoge, forespeech, prelude
Other
curtain-raiser, logic programming, proemium US, prooemium UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
Related words
- Other spellings
- prolog US
Forms
- Plural
- prologues → preambles, prefaces, introductions, lead-ins…
Example sentences
- introduction This textbook is a good introduction to Esperanto.
- preface A book without preface is like a body without a soul.
- foreword This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
- preamble I'll plunge into the matter without further preamble.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prologue | rising | |
| introduction | steady | |
| preface | steady | |
| foreword | steady | |
| preamble | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- proem
- 7 letters
- preface2, prelude2, isagoge
- 8 letters
- foreword2, preamble3, exordium, proemium
- 9 letters
- prooemium
- 10 letters
- forespeech
- 12 letters
- introduction4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (preface2 = 2 syllables).