Initial
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- When initial attempts at leading other humans to the gorge fails, they get various items out of the girl's backpack and create a trail leading to the gorge.
Source: Timmy in a Well -
Performance Anxiety: Todd has a very severe case of this, leading to initial reluctance to join the Dead Poets Society, since he thinks it will mean having to read aloud in front of other people.
Source: Film / Dead Poets Society - These Hands Have Killed: Sylvie and the Ai Vees were pretty rattled by their initial joyride and the events leading up to it.
Source: Roleplay / The Sydney Scroungers
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Leading and Initial. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/initial/leading
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