Parenthetic and Prefatory

Parenthetic adjective - Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses.

Prefatory and parenthetic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prefatory" instead an adjective "Parenthetic".

Nearby Words: parenthesis, parenthetical

Prefatory adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.

Parenthetic and prefatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Parenthetic" with "Prefatory", this adjectives are similar.