Exploratory
Exploratory adjective - Serving in or intended for exploration or discovery.
Preparative and exploratory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preparative" instead an adjective "Exploratory".
Preparative
Preparative adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Exploratory and preparative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exploratory" instead an adjective "Preparative".
Nearby Words: preparation, preparatory
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- first and exploratory
- first and preparative
- original and exploratory
- original and preparative
- initial and exploratory
- initial and preparative
- preliminary and exploratory
- preliminary and preparative
- opening and exploratory
- opening and preparative
- initiatory and exploratory
- initiatory and preparative
- early and exploratory
- early and preparative
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